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Ask HN: Is AI dumbing us down?

I know that almost all technology is a double edged sword. When used correctly, it can elevate you more than ever possible before. Conversely, it can also destroy your ability to live a meaningful life. Calculators allowed us to do math quickly but there were people who used to do everything by hand and “Calculator” used to be a job title. Google mapped every single nook of the world and put it in an app but now almost no one knows the how to get anywhere without it. Phones/social media allowed ...
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Rethinking Software Engineering in the Age of AI

Article URL: https://medium.com/@sharvanath/rethinking-software-teams-in-the-age-of-ai-ff5609701bf0 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48725590 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
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The composable AI thesis

Article URL: https://openenvelope.org/writing/composable-ai-thesis/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48726012 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
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Ask HN: What's SOTA for AI Voice Narration

I need some character voice acting for an animation I'm making. The response from people when I used Elevenlabs was that it felt flat and characters were inconsistent. I was previously using the voice reference on seedance 2.0, but obviously that's limited to 15 seconds, and I have 40 lines I have to go through Finally I just spent $75 on a human voice actor for subpar work that I can't use Anyways, is there anything better than elevenlabs right now to carry emotional tone or is it still SOTA? ...
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Show HN: A Firewall for AI agents with auditing

Hi all, As there are more and more agents in the internet; Security is going to be a big problem. Currently, the problem is solved using a LLM to guard Agent but this creates the problem of hallucination and latency, so I coded a firewall in rust that runs under five miliseconds. This works by creating a plan and enforcing the plan; for per action call, this enforces using the Model context protocols list and for sequence it tracks every single tool call and data flow; there is also a taint mech...
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The Impossibility of Mitigating AI Jailbreaks

Article URL: https://reliable-ai.review/posts/2026-05-priviledge_erosion/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48726902 Points: 1 # Comments: 0
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Salesforce just defined "resolved" and attached a price.

Salesforce posted $2 per resolved AI agent issue. The definition of "resolved" is where the actual cost lives. Resolved means the agent completed the job start to finish without a human stepping in and without the customer walking away unhappy. No escalation. No abandonment. No charge if either happens. To price an outcome you first have to make it deterministic. Salesforce ran 4.3 million inquiries through its own help portal before announcing Agentforce. They calibrated the defin...
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Has AI changed the way you think, not just the way you work?

I expected AI to save me time, but I didn't expect it to change how I approach problems. I find myself breaking ideas into smaller steps, asking better questions, and thinking through solutions differently—even when I'm not using AI. Has anyone else noticed this, or is it just me? I'm curious whether AI has actually changed your thinking process, not just your productivity.
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Question ?

People who don’t use AI , how come ? Tell me why.
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Has anyone else found that context matters more than model size for AI agents?

While building AI agents I noticed something that really surprised me. When I started out, I thought that using a model would make a huge difference in reducing mistakes and wrong tool usage... That wasn't the case. What actually made the biggest difference was giving the agent information from the start. Some things that helped were: Clearly defining what the agent's job is and what its supposed to do. Specifying where the agent works and what rules it has to follow. Stating what ac...
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What if AI's failures reveal our vices more than its limits?

Hey everyone. The usual AI debate swings between "the systems are amazing" and "the systems are dangerous." I find a third frame more useful: what if our misuse of AI reveals something about us? The speed of adoption may say less about machine intelligence than about our appetite for quick answers, easy confirmation, and tools that remove the effort of thinking. I just recorded a conversation with Allister Lee about AI as a "negative tool," and at around 33:47 ...
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If AI creates huge productivity gains, how do we keep people bought in?

I’m optimistic about AI, but I think one practical issue needs more serious discussion: public fear. A lot of people are not just afraid of “new technology.” They are afraid that AI will make companies more productive while making ordinary workers less economically necessary. That fear matters because even if AI creates massive long-term benefits, people will resist the transition if they believe the upside only goes to a small owner class. So maybe the real challenge is not just UBI, or r...
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Free $10 v0 by Vercel Credits from SSoC & GDG Delhi

Hi folks, with a collab, we're giving out $10 v0 by Vercel Credits. This is valid till June 30th. Please make use of this. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7477243675539079168/ This is not a post that's selling or self promo. A lot of folks will be getting benefited by this $10. I am happy to delete this post, if this breaks the sub-reddit rules.
Theoretical 3:1 Asymmetrical magnetic configuration?
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Theoretical 3:1 Asymmetrical magnetic configuration?

The Core Logic: Breaking Topological Symmetry Standard electromagnetic arrays utilize alternating symmetrical polarities (e.g., N-S-N-S), which create balanced flux loops that radiate outward, causing significant energy leakage and requiring heavy passive shielding. My theory—the 3:1 Asymmetrical Vector Pinch —replaces this balance with a permanent topological imbalance within a single equilateral triangular cell. The Configuration: Instead of alternating poles, three vertex pillars are...
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Unpopular opinion: Most 'AI agencies' are going to zero. Here's why domain specialists will eat their lunch

When you try to serve everyone you end up competing on price. This is because the buyer can't tell you apart from the many shops in their DMs. You become like a product that can be easily replaced and such products usually get cheaper. I've built around 40 automations for my clients and I think most AI agencies will go out of business. Not because there is no work but because saying "we build chatbots for anyone" is a strategy. It's a race to the bottom.The agencies that will survive...
I think AI agents need a "web access layer" instead of dozens of integrations
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I think AI agents need a "web access layer" instead of dozens of integrations

I've been building AI agents for a while, and I kept running into the same problem. The agent itself wasn't the hard part. It was everything around it. Every new project ended up with another GitHub integration, another search provider, another MCP server, another authentication flow... after a while I was spending more time maintaining integrations than actually building the agent. Eventually I stopped solving that problem inside each project and built a separate layer for it instead. T...
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My interview with Rebellions CEO: Five things I learned from the man going toe to toe with NVIDIA

Last week, I interviewed Rebellions Co-Founder and CEO Sunghyun Park in NYC Korea's first AI chip unicorn, Rebellions is going toe to toe with NVIDIA for AI inference, with a big bet on memory-centric architectures for greater efficiencies and lower costs. We spoke about their memory-centric bet, the strength of Korea's ecosystem, and even got an impromptu whiteboard session Check out my takeaways in this week's edition of Today in Semi: https://open.substack.com/pub/nhzcommunic...