Why “idea” is being discussed
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This is a really nice idea, but most of these types things die as a nice idea unless they reach critical mass. 99% of people (to use the 99% idea from the website) just want to…
by kkaske · Nov 2, 2026
I find most software has 90% more features than I need. If i can take a 5% software and add the 5% i need, why would i not. Theres certainly a ingrained value prop to everyone k…
by cyanydeez · Nov 2, 2026
1. That’s a legal grey area that could result in significant legal exposure for Anthropic. 2. Even if someone wants to do something that’s in a legal grey area, or more (hacking…
by no-name-here · Nov 2, 2026
They're reasonable in a self-interested net-negative game-theory kind of way, yes. But that doesn't make it a good idea for society.
by foxglacier · Nov 2, 2026
I'm just speculating why the current structure of companies is not maximizing what AI can offer. Until it becomes completely self-directed and reliable, using a tool that allows…
by proc0 · Nov 2, 2026
What does that have to do with what I said? I've built large FE systems with millions of lines of code pushing tens of billions of dolllars in revenue (I was lead FE dev on that…
by hajile · Nov 2, 2026
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An idea is the result of thought. Although the word is used in common usage, in philosophy, ideas can also be mental representational images of some object. Many philosophers have considered ideas to be a fundamental ontological category of being. The capacity to create and understand the meaning of ideas is considered to be an essential and defining feature of human beings. Read more on Wikipedia