Why ugly buildings create NIMBYism(worksinprogress.news)

11 points by bensouthwood 2 months ago | 10 comments

Germicidal UV could make airborne diseases as rare as those carried by water(worksinprogress.news)

88 points by venkii 1 year ago | 51 comments

The great shift of English prose(worksinprogress.news)

51 points by dsubburam 9 months ago | 39 comments

What's slowing down the AI buildout(worksinprogress.news)

52 points by droidjj 3 months ago | 110 comments

Houston, We Have a Solution (2023)(worksinprogress.co)

38 points by telotortium 2 years ago | 9 comments

Washington, DC, avoided the worst price rises that have plagued American cities(worksinprogress.co)

48 points by jseliger 3 years ago | 39 comments

AI tools are spotting errors in research papers(nature.com)

555 points by kgwgk 1 year ago | 200 comments

Nature news article on a growing movement using AI and large language models to detect errors in research papers, sparked by a flawed black plastic utensils study.

AI Made Writing Code Easier. It Made Being an Engineer Harder(ivanturkovic.com)

343 points by saikatsg 7 months ago | 242 comments

Blog post by Ivan Turkovic arguing that AI tools make producing code easier while making the broader job of being a software engineer harder.

AI demands more engineering discipline. Not less(charitydotwtf.substack.com)

321 points by BerislavLopac 4 months ago | 157 comments

Charity Majors' Substack essay arguing that AI-assisted development requires more engineering discipline, comparing it to the shift from pet servers to immutable infrastructure.

AI is making me dumb(jpain.io)

407 points by Eighth 5 months ago | 247 comments

A personal blog post in which a software developer argues that relying on AI for writing code, articles, and documents is eroding his own writing and programming skills.

MIT Study Finds AI Use Reprograms the Brain, Leading to Cognitive Decline(publichealthpolicyjournal.com)

438 points by cainxinth 1 year ago | 432 comments

Article reporting on an MIT study claiming that using AI tools like ChatGPT alters brain activity and leads to cognitive decline.

I'm Tired of Talking to AI(orchidfiles.com)

1753 points by theorchid 5 months ago | 850 comments

A personal essay recounting frustration with people replying using copy-pasted AI answers, including on GitHub discussions and from an employer sharing ChatGPT screenshots.