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Posted by zdw 1/20/2026

AI is a horse (2024)(kconner.com)
469 points | 238 commentspage 3
smitty1e 1/23/2026|
"I've been through the desert

On AI with no name

It felt good to be out of the rAIn

In the desert, you can remember your name

'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain"

direwolf20 1/23/2026|
you forgot to write pAIn and it reminded me of this: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nt9mRDa0nrc
Dilettante_ 1/23/2026||
>2 views

I'm not saying that's your video but it sure looks like that's your video ;)

direwolf20 1/23/2026||
First search result. This one has 734: https://youtube.com/watch?v=45_HJkoDxpQ
metalman 1/23/2026||
Ai is a horse, i get it! I have a horse, and I put money in the front of the horse, and get "ponyium" out the back.
nemosaltat 1/23/2026||
Through many attempts to make ingesting the ponyium more bearable, I’ve found that taking it with more intense flavors (wintergreen mint, hoppy hops, crushed soul, dark roast coffee, etc) improves its comestabilty. Can’t let it pile up. We’ve always eaten ponyium right, and we all like it, right, guys, folks?
iamkonstantin 1/23/2026||
I hear the cool companies offer free ponyium to their employees. Apparently, it works wonders for morale
echelon 1/23/2026||
This micro blog meta is fascinating. I've seen small micro blog content like this popping up on the HN home page almost daily now.

I have to start doing this for "top level"ish commentary. I've frequently wanted to nucleate discussions without being too orthogonal to thread topics.

polmuz 1/23/2026||
https://polmuz.github.io/2026/01/04/its-a-horse.html
blibble 1/23/2026||
Clever Hans is how I describe LLM agents to non-techies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clever_Hans

d--b 1/23/2026||
And the salesman always says it’s great while it’s in fact lame.
arthurfirst 1/23/2026||
Force multiplier and power projector.

Requires ammo (tokens) which can be expensive.

Requires good aim to hit the target.

Requires practice to get good aim.

Dangerous in the hands of the unskilled (like most instruments or tools).

doener 1/23/2026||
> It is way slower and less reliable than a train but can go more places

I‘m not able to follow. So AI is a horse in this metaphor, what is a train then? Still a train?

easeout 1/23/2026|
Hi, that's my website and my wisecrack article. It was a while ago, but I think the metaphor was that a train is traditional deterministic-ish software, whose behavior is quite regular and predictable, compared to something generative which is much less predictable.
overtone1000 1/23/2026|
Step aside, Grok, Mr. Ed is the new stud in town
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