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Software Engineers Say They're Losing the Ability to Code Now That AI Does It for Them (futurism.com)

submitted 4 months ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 14 points 4 months ago (3 children)

That's not even diminished coding ability, that's diminished thinking ability.

And herein lies the reason AI is being pushed at all costs.

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[–] meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 months ago (1 child)

What's the saying again.. :"The purpose of a system is what it does"

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Pedantically I don't like that saying but it is certainly useful

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

That's what I came to this post to comment; atrophy of coding ability is just a vidible effect of the more generalized atrophy of thought.

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