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The two worlds of programming: why developers who make the same observations about LLMs come to opposite conclusions
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I swear, people either think it's a wish granting genie or a worthless hallucinating scam. There is zero room for actual rational discussion. It's either magic and perfect or the exact opposite and a curse. It's either the coolest modern tech or an environment destroying disaster. Either we should invest all our money in it, or none.
This entire article is just "can't you guys see it isn't a magic wish granting genie!" I'm kind of sick of this side to the argument even though it's mostly just people trying to fight insane push from board rooms, wanting everyone to adopt the tools.
I've been coding for decades, and I've been pushed to use the new tools, have, I've been a lot more productive in some ways, but I actually read every fucking line of code it produces. It's not perfect but it has been useful. It's not a wish granting genie, but it has helped me. And if it goes away I could give a fuck less and would go back to doing things the way I always have.
This bubble is gonna pop some day, and it's getting there I think. But I don't see AI disappearing after either. I do look forward to less icons on sites like ✨ "click here to use MAGIC" like no motherfucker I don't need a random ai helping me write a description for a calendar event, fuck you
It is an environment destroying disaster. The fact that AIs have some use-cases doesn't change that fact. Underneath all the small conveniences you experience as a developer, it will always be busy destroying the environment.
So the question is more, are all those small conveniences worth accelerating our destruction of the climate even further?