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If AI is so good at coding … where are the open source contributions? (pivot-to-ai.com)

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 day ago (27 children)

The general comments that Ben received were that experienced developers can use AI for coding with positive results because they know what they’re doing. But AI coding gives awful results when it’s used by an inexperienced developer. Which is what we knew already.

That should be a big warning sign that the next generation of developers are not going to be very good. If they're waist deep in AI slop, they're only going to learn how to deal with AI slop.

As a non-programmer, I have zero understanding of the code and the analysis and fully rely on AI and even reviewed that AI analysis with a different AI to get the best possible solution (which was not good enough in this case).

What I'm feeling after reading that must be what artists feel like when AI slop proponents tell them "we're making art accessible".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (11 children)

That should be a big warning sign that the next generation of developers are not going to be very good.

Sounds like job security to me!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (10 children)

"I want the people I teach to be worse than me" is a fucking nightmare of a want, I hope you learn to do better

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So there's this new thing they invented. It's called a joke. You should try them out sometime, they're fun!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So, there's this new phenomenon they've observed in which text does not convey tone. It can be a real problem, especially when a statement made by one person as a joke would be made by another in all seriousness — but don't worry, solutions have very recently been proposed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

space alien technology!!~

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I dunno what kind of world you are living in where someone would make my comment not as a joke. Please find better friends.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

you’re as funny as the grave

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"oh shit I got called out on my shitty haha-only-serious comment, better pretend I didn't mean it!" cool story bro

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If people say that sort of thing around you not as a joke, you need to spend your time with better people. I dunno what to tell you - humor is a great way to deal with shitty things in life. Dunno why you would want to get rid of it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

jesus fuck how do you fail to understand any post of this kind this badly

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

“How dare you not find me funny. I’m going to lecture you on humor. The lectures will continue until morale improves.”

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

maybe train your model better! I know I know, they were already supposed to be taking over the world... alas...

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