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When the IBM PC Came to Town (ibmpc gates kildall jobs) (substack.com)
5 points by starac 1 day ago | 4 comments


  • glhaynes 18 hours ago
    I'm not usually someone to knee-jerk hate on an AI-generated pic, but, really, what's the point of the one here? Why not just use a pic from IBM marketing materials that accurately depicts the device being discussed? Or not use a pic at all? It just seems lazy and pointless.
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    • bmonkey325 12 hours ago
      Interesting. I asked grok and Chad Jippity and the believe it’s a human. The details and footnotes look human to me.

      TBH. The image looks more kitch than something an ai can generate.

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    • KODust 16 hours ago
      The intro paragraph suggests AI writing too, so maybe the weirdo pic is a warning to stay away.
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      • Trixter 13 hours ago
        That was exactly my reaction. Feels like the entire article was just a listicle generated by an LLM with Deep Research.

        It is both a blessing and a curse that most LLMs and generative AI were not adequately trained on vintage computing materials.

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