MinorMiner: we turn your kid's maths homework into Bitcoin

29 points by eBPF

mtset

Do you see learning? Self-improvement? The future leaders of our country? I’ll tell you what I see: wasted computing power.

I agree. Not because of the joke here, but rather because it’s diffusion-generated slop. Are you telling me you couldn’t find a stock image of children in a classroom? C’mon.

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I’m starting to dislike how common it’s become to use the word “slop” to describe content generated by computers. The image is ugly, distracting, sterile, lazy, full of errors, and ethically questionable, but it is also a very minor part of an otherwise fine article (presumably) written by a human. I would also say it’s used appropriately here, and presented to make a point that is of interest to readers to the article. It’s not good, but it’s also not junk designed for the purpose of wasting my time.
- duncan_bayne
  Those are two separate issues, though.
  
  The image is awful slop.
  
  The article is worthwhile reading, regardless of the slop image.
  - waves
    
    That makes more sense. I worry about words losing their meaning when they become too cliché.
- mtset
  
  I was describing the image itself, which, in my opinion, both is junk and exists only to waste my time.
Jan200101

it seems too obvious to be unintentional
- Halkcyon
  
  I don’t think so. He’s used AI-gen images in his other posts.
  - quad
    
    That makes it even better.
- crmsnbleyd
  
  context: OP works at Anthropic
  - kolja
    
    So you could remove the satire in the article by doing s/crypto hash/llm token/g?
    
    (thank you for the context, I think it’s important here!)
- usrme
  
  This is hands down the best bit of satire I’ve read in a long time! I’ve been a follower of his blog for a long time and it’s such a joy to see even a satirical post get so much care and attention put into it.