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AI in reality (slrpnk.net)

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes. COBOL can be excused because it was the first time anyone was going down that path. Everything that comes later, less so.

[–] MajorHavoc 2 points 1 month ago

Yes. COBOL can be excused because it was the first time anyone was going down that path.

Yeah. And a lot of non-programmers became programmers thanks to Cobol.

I think we're seeing this effect with AI code copilots, as well. It can't replace a programmer, but it can elevate a potential programmer to proficient (in at least some tasks) faster than was possible before.

I know it theoretically means I earn less than I might have, but for my whole career there's been so much more to be done than there are of us to do it, anyway.

Everything that comes later, less so.

Yeah. They really need to get off my lawn with this nonsense. We've seen this enough times to know that it'll be great, but still won't solve all our problems.