Is it only me or are you guys also being disappointed when a very interesting article is heavily AI written?
I feel like not wanting to read it in depth, even though the topic is unique and something I like to learn more.
It’s a shame because there was probably quite some work that went into it: coming up with the topic, doing the research, polish it up etc.
I have also been using AI a lot for article writing but the last two posts I wrote I went back into handwriting. They are much less “perfect”, but they are me and 100% what I want to say and convey.
Even the imperfections matter.
Maybe like a piece of handmade furniture vs something from IKEA.
It’s actually a nice article if it wouldn’t be so obviously AI written.
In my opinion this really devalues the reputation I am having for a publication and is a pity especially in this particular case as home assistant is such a great community.
I guess for a lot of the Show HN posts, people could accuse of being Ads.
This was an honest account of my experience coding this. If you do a bit of research on our company, you might come to a different judgement. But obviously everybody is free to have their own opinions.
I actually think this could be the completely wrong approach.
By focusing on only one persona, you might focus on one that for reasons NOT covered in this questionnaire does not work out.
Practical example from us at AirGradient. Initially, we had a strong focus on selling air quality monitoring to schools.
Our strategy would have ticked all boxes in this article but selling to schools turned out to be extremely difficult. In our case, the problem was that decision makers are often not the people benefiting from the solution. Another reason for that persona being very difficult was that air quality is not a core competency of a school.
So I actually think that you should have a relatively broad approach because often the customer that you will be successful with you actually might not know when you start.
Achim from AirGradient here. Great to see this posted.
When we first heard about this new sensor, we were quite pessimistic about its performance but have been pleasantly surprised by its performance. It is something we consider now for potential future products.
We are also currently testing the energy consumption because we believe the fanless design should make it quite efficient; but not sure how much the laser needs. So we will keep the article updated as learn more.
You can use an air purifier. The Hepa filters are effective in eliminating PM. Gases like NO2 and VOCs can be reduced with carbon filters. Make sure that your carbon filter is large and different get saturated too quickly.
What’s important to understand is that PM2.5 is not PM2.5.
It only defines the diameter of the particles but can be composed of very different elements. From salt that dissolves in the lungs to toxic metals.
Currently it is extremely difficult to get a comprehensive understanding of the health impacts of these particles.
Much more research needs to be done to understand which particle compositions and thus what sources of air pollution (eg traffic, wildfires, factories, landfills, ports etc) have what kind of health effects.
If you are interested to see an image how different PM2.5 particle look like, have a look at the photo in this blog post that one of our in-house scientists wrote [1].
Thanks. Unrelated, but this is the first time I grasped why electron microscopes are needed and not just some fancy tech:
> 0.3 micrometers are even smaller than the wavelength of light, which demonstrates the problem: how should we see something that is smaller than light itself?
You're both right enough. Aerodynamic diameter doesn't measure the particles themselves, but how their settling velocity compares to a spherical reference ideal of a certain density (1g/cm*3) in a medium.
I don't deal with gas cleaning, but at those scales, if you work a lot with applied processes like filtration and separation, you can ballpark things like daltons with mass and size. I know I do with MWCOs.
I feel like not wanting to read it in depth, even though the topic is unique and something I like to learn more.
It’s a shame because there was probably quite some work that went into it: coming up with the topic, doing the research, polish it up etc.
I have also been using AI a lot for article writing but the last two posts I wrote I went back into handwriting. They are much less “perfect”, but they are me and 100% what I want to say and convey.
Even the imperfections matter.
Maybe like a piece of handmade furniture vs something from IKEA.