Why “Guess” is being discussed
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> just incredibly unreliable and you are forced to pin providers and even then it can be a crapshoot as the author found. But that's the intention right? Even the name implies t…
by embedding-shape · Sep 11, 2026
I think it depends on the MacBook Neo refresh frequency. When the MacBook Neo was released this year, it used the latest A-series chip (although non Pro version.). So when it is…
by bhouston · Sep 11, 2026
I'm not a programmer so I can't really relate directly, I was replying more to the idea of using AI as an information-gathering tool. I guess the analogy could be: with AI you s…
by keiferski · Sep 11, 2026
Is "quietly" an LLM tell? It was always certainly a human writer trope commonly seen in journalism. Though I guess it does appear five times in the body of the post, and a human…
by happytoexplain · Sep 11, 2026
I criticize stuff like this a lot. I criticize the doomer “bomb data centers” rationalist cult even more. At the same time, maybe I shouldn’t, and I sometimes find all the AI sk…
by api · Sep 11, 2026
Ah ok, then drought aren't a problem I guess? Guess what happens when you pump ground water faster than rain water replenishes it? Guess what climate change is disturbing? This…
by toasty228 · Sep 11, 2026
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Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "guess" over time.
Guessing is the act of drawing a swift conclusion, called a guess, from data directly at hand, which is then held as probable or tentative, while the person making the guess admittedly lacks material for a greater degree of certainty. Read more on Wikipedia