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0 pointsBorg31y ago0 comments

No, you are absolutly wrong. If you would automate it yourself then its correct way of doing thing. You learn by the process, increasting your skill. But no, you choosed to do automation by AI, so you become nothing more that a frontend to put data in. Also, you are slowly loosing control about stuff you doing. I know, todays engineering culture is weird. Dont ask questions, its not of your concern, etc.. I wonder when that stuff finaly collapse.

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nuancebydefault1y ago· 2 in thread

I find it weird that people talk like that. Did you even try to make something (e.g. a side project) with the help of AI?

AI is doing amazing things for me. If i feel i'm out of control because some parts of the generated code i don't understand, i just let it explain me, even ELI5 if that would be needed. If the explanation doesn't make sense,or it does make sense but it is not where i want to be heading, i point that out and the AI corrects the problem, or explains what the options are.

Together we come to a more concise solution.

I'm really amazed/confused why people talk like that about AI.

Borg3OP1y ago

No, I have no reason to use it. I have piles of my own programs, notes, docs. If I need to do sth, I can refer to those. In worst case, I have to use search engine to grab info with is immediatly mirrored.

If it works for you, thats great. But its interesting people do NOT see danger, when its actually too late. Maybe ask AI about it ? ;)

nuancebydefault1y ago

I'm trying to wrap my brain around this. I understand that people see danger, but in fact there is no other option for us than to follow evolution. All major companies are embracing AI already and it's being used/pushed upon their customers as well.

There's danger in copying stackoverflow code as-is as well. But would that mean we should not use info that is shared on SO?

> In worst case, I have to use search engine to grab info with is immediatly mirrored.

I've never heard anyone saying they use a search engine "as a last resort"

>I have piles of my own programs, notes, docs.

For me, working that way would only succeed if I would need to repeat a project that is say 90 percent the same as any of the hundreds of previous projects, and stay with a programming language like C or fortran.

But if it works for you, great as well.

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joshstrange1y ago· 1 in thread

This is a boring and tired take, I’m sorry but it is.

Might as well take it to the logical conclusion that if you aren’t creating all your components (I’m taking IC’s, transistors, etc) by hand then are you really learning or increasing your skill. You’ve picked an arbitrary point in the tech stack and declared that any lower is not needed but any higher means you’ve lost control.

It’s like the people that scorn higher-level languages.

ein0p1y ago

Precisely. LLM assistance is how I felt in the 90s about programming in Delphi and C++ Builder. It felt like cheating, but in a good way, I was getting to solving my problem in no time at all. Except back then it was mostly about the UI, and now it’s for other things as well

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