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80% of developers find AI coding more addictive than helpful (www.zdnet.com)
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A new Coddy Developer Survey found that four in five developers, 80%, say their use of AI has felt more like a dependence than an advantage.

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[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

The code LLMs spit is IME super buggy and gives as much work to correct it as it would have cost writing it from scratch.. but it generally does the job. The addictive part is where you click a button and avoid thinking how to code.

This is my experience, but im an amateur and actually enjoy programming things.... so, i piss on LLMs taking that from me.

EDIT: i know two persons that actively use LLMs, one does it to avoid having to ibteract with someone that actually knows how to code, the other learned to code to make money, so he really does not care that much.

[–] themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 45 minutes ago

Don't forget that when you use LLMs you are helping these types of people:

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/claude-dario-amodei-wife-anthropic-e1eeda7d

Cami Clark—who started what she called a ‘revolutionary porn company’ where she sought investment from Jeffrey Epstein—keeps a low profile but is a key adviser to the AI chief. Its coming IPO could top trillions.