putting SI as a alternate name in apparent support for trump's dumb shit is just the cherry on top of the shitcake

Yeah, he's been like this for a while, here's a choice quote of his from back in April.

Demanding to “speak to a human” solely because the bot is an AI may constitute robophobic exclusionary behaviour and will not be tolerated.

Anyone calling it Super Intelligence is a moron anyway.

SI

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No one would have ever called it 'vibe coding' if they wanted it to be taken seriously, and/or respected.

LOL, no.

Vibe coding is still 100% a derogatory term. Go use MS Teams for a day if you think vibe coding produces anything useful. There are new bugs every single day that we have to work around, as MS apparently vibe codes this shit AND no longer properly tests their work product before releasing it.

Unrelated to his stance on AI, unironically using the term “SI” completely lost my trust in HIBP.

a feeling that those weaponising the term have now accepted

That's an interesting approach, to declare that everyone who says it "doesn't really mean it"

Linus Torvalds

Linus' take was more nuanced, I'm not sure I agree, but at the same time he was talking up AI, he also expressed that he saw it as useful for onboarding, review, and throwaway efforts in fields you don't get. Also he made the caveat that he doesn't really code the kernel so much anymore, so he explicitly stated he had lost some perspective. Also that it wasn't suitable for full-on "vibing" maintainable code. However AI bros have gone all in on feeling vindicated and feeling like Linus said the kernel should be vibe coded now.

I feel like I'm watching the collapse of society in real time. Even Linus fell to AI bullshittery recently.

Linus also said competent, which means it’s being tested before it’s committed, etc. This person is just fulfilling his bias. The AI cuck coders won’t be testing because they’re tired of testing AI’s fuck ups.

I knew this would happen the moment Linus made a statement. Id be very surprised if there wasnt a notable uptick in ai usage after he posted.

I wonder what’ll happen after the crash. Will people like Hunt stay in this weird mindplace where reality is bent until it breaks, or will they come back to the real world?

Talking about robophobic exclusionary behaviour and SI seems like he's developed serious mental issues.

Fuck HBIP, fuck Troy Hunt.

No shade to Troy, but he’s in the business of promotion and tech evangelism. He’s going to be on this train.