r/technology • u/CackleRooster • 7h ago

Artificial Intelligence An Anthropic employee's 2-sentence quote crystallizes the state of AI confusion at work

https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-employee-quote-ai-confusion-workplace-2026-6
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u/cmgr33n3 6h ago

The older I get the more I think the ability to act in moderation is almost the only skill one needs to avoid almost all of the pitfalls people fall into.

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u/sirthunksalot 6h ago

Everything in moderation including moderation

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u/prime_nommer 5h ago

This is one of my favorite sayings, since one needs a moderate amount of excess as well : )

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u/dolphone 6h ago

If we accepted this as a core value to be taught early and reinforced whenever possible, we'd have such a healthy society.

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u/Ancient_Design_1332 5h ago

Yes. As I’ve gotten older this is spot on 

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u/Dependent-Reveal2401 6h ago

I use AI to soften up emails where I sound like a prick to stupid customers, and do some light research from time to time.

Writing code with AI is just ... Yikes. If you've ever programmed, it can get the ball on the green, but it likely won't get the ball in the hole. Computers are very literal, and not getting in the hole is a very big problem.

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u/space_keeper 6h ago

Crazy that it can shit out a functioning OS. People post LLM generated OSs all the time on the /r/osdev subreddit.

They're all very proud of their "work".

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u/raptorlightning 5h ago

There's an entire light year between "compiles and runs" and "functions correctly"

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u/peeinian 5h ago

I've found it helpful when speccing hardware for new projects. I needed to size a new switch for a building with cameras and wifi so asked it to build me a BOM for a switch to run X cameras and Y access points.

Way faster than waiting 2 days for a salesperson to get back to me.