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0 pointsjedberg9mo ago0 comments

That loop is still there. They have to get the AI to write the right code.

And beyond that, do they really need to understand how it works? I never learned how to calculate logarithms by hand, but I know what they are for and I know when to punch the button on the calculator.

I'll never be a top tier mathematician, but that's not my goal. My goal is to calculate things that require logs.

If they can get the AI to make working code and explain why it works, do they need to know more than that, unless they want to be top in their field?

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palata9mo ago

> If they can get the AI to make working code and explain why it works, do they need to know more than that, unless they want to be top in their field?

Making working code is the easy part. Making maintainable code is a completely different story.

And again, being able to explain why something works requires superficial knowledge. This is precisely why bugs pass through code reviews: it's hard to spot a bug by reading code that looks like it should work.

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