The Unemployed Professor

Can you help reconcile my first/second-hand LLM Experience with HN's Experience?

I've made an account as a long-time lurker because I am hoping y'all could help reconcile my experience in my company/team with what seems to be the wise HN consensus around LLMs.My Background (Software Engineer II):I've been writing software professionally for >10 years and grew up coding games/websites for fun; did my undergraduate in C.S./C.E., and did some time in ML research and such. Right now I'm on the back-end/DevOps team - my teammates are all

MindStudio Workbench video prompt generator

A presentation on the Workbench video prompt generator tool for creating AI-powered video content and automation workflows. Key Insights: ✅ The Workbench video prompt generator is a tool designed to streamline the process of creating video content using AI automation ✅ The tool leverages AI agents to generate structured prompts that guide video production workflows ✅ Automation capabilities reduce manual effort in video planning, scripting, and content organization ✅ The generator helps cr

Smodin Launches Unified AI Writing Platform Combining Five Tools Into One

Smodin announced a unified AI writing platform designed to combine drafting, rewriting, plagiarism checking, AI ...

Meta and Mark Zuckerberg accused of using pirated books and research papers to train AI models

Meta, led by Mark Zuckerberg, is facing a class-action lawsuit from prominent publishers and author Scott Turow. They accuse ...

West Deptford man accused of making AI child porn images

A West Deptford man is accused of using AI to turn "appropriate" photos of a child into nude images, prosecutors say.

Indiana Fever Accused of Using AI Again After Caitlin Clark’s Comment

On Thursday, the Indiana Fever faced backlash for using AI in a social media post that even caught the attention of Caitlin Clark. The Fever is now under fire again for allegedly using artificial intelligence to manage its social media presence.

Wake County student says clear AI policies needed after being accused of cheating

Green Hope High School freshman Eleanor Canina said she was falsely accused of using generative AI to complete an English ...

How do you organize files?

Hierarchy in file system was a great invention, popularized by Unix. Files in directory, directory in directory. Creating a tree. Files get designated place in the file system. People are using in well functioning manners, at least as I think they are doing, and I am unable to.I have spend countless minutes to think just how I would put certain files, what would be the name of the directory, where should it be allocated, how would I access it, can it be done quickly, will I remember where I have

How long does it take you to get back into a project after a few days away?

I took 4 days off from a side project last week. When I came back, I spent almost 45 minutes just doing "archaeology" — scanning git history, re-reading code I wrote, trying to remember why I made certain decisions, what the next step was, what edge case I was worried about.The code told me what changed. Nothing told me why I was changing it, or what I was planning next.I ended up wasting most of the session just re-building context that had completely evaporated from my brain.Curious

Show HN: LaoTzu Writer Studio

Hello Hacker News!We bring to you today 2 things:1. Our passion project - LaoTzu Writer Studio - a modern writing application2. Thoughts on the abysmal state of Kickstarter - likely well known to you all, but having experienced it for the first time, it is dishearteningSo lets start with the good stuff:LaoTzu Writer Studio - LaoTzu helps you build the framework of a novel, but still leaves the writing for you to do. That means there are indeed AI elements - like our Guard section that flags inco

Show HN: Ced – C REPL in 50 lines of POSIX shell

Yesterday, I found myself writing a little C throwaway script to test something out. That happens often enough to clutter my HOME and some other directories with these useless text files and binaries.So I thought that I can use a repl instead. Quick google search didn't find any good and tested solutions. So I wrote my own with help of a tcc compiler. Why POSIX Shell? Because it would be far too easy in a normal language (it'd probably take me ~10 minutes to rewrite this in Nim) and wh

Suleika Jaouad: How to find creativity and purpose in the face of adversity

How can you find strength during life's most difficult moments? Author Suleika Jaouad's experience detailed in the documentary "American Symphony," an intimate portrait of her life as she grapples with illness, is a testament to finding a pathway to healing through artistic expression. In this sweeping conversation with TED's Susan Zimmerman, Ja...

How to Use AI to Help Write Your Next Creative Short Story

Carly Quellman, aka Carly Que, is a multimedia strategist and storyteller at the intersection of technology and the humanities, investigating how perspective can enhance, rather than overstimulate, ...

Professors Try ‘Restrained AI’ Approach to Help Teach Writing

When ChatGPT emerged a year and half ago, many professors immediately worried that their students would use it as a substitute for doing their own written assignments — that they’d click a button on a ...

Billlie's agency denies plagiarism over AI‑assisted video as France's GOBELINS school threatens legal action

Billlie's agency, Mystic Story, has denied accusations that the girl group's new AI‑assisted animated video plagiarized a ...

From detection to creation: Why education must move beyond AI plagiarism

The rapid emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) in education has triggered a predictable institutional response. Universities are tightening rules.

Mastering academic honesty in the AI era

With AI tools reshaping how students write, maintaining academic honesty has never been more complex. Universities now combine plagiarism and AI detection systems, while experts stress the importance ...

Plagiarism in the Age of AI: New Challenges for Educators

Teachers have been fighting plagiarism since the dawn of time (since homework), but 2024-2026 has been a different story.

Florida launches AI probe after USF murder suspect accused of using ChatGPT to research cover-up

Days after the remains of one of the two missing University of South Florida doctoral students were found, prosecutors say ...

Indiana Fever Accused of Using AI Again After Caitlin Clark Remark

Days after Caitlin Clark called out the Indiana Fever for using AI on social media, the team appears to have done it again.