'13x faster' claim called out: AI hype is frying people's critical thinking
rms80 · x · 2026-09-27
Reposting Matej Knopp's skeptical take on a colorshift optimization project claiming to be "13-17x faster": a HashMap in a hot loop is simply sloppy code, and indexed arrays beating it is unsurprising. Knopp argues comments sections have stopped thinking critically amid AI hype.
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