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Retro photography hobbyists will explain why the most outstanding pictures seem to happen on film: Because the use of film affects the process of taking photographs, it slows things down and encourages the photographer to make a larger effort. Recording engineers will explain why old recordings sound more vital and alive: Because the use of relatively-inflexible old analog tape systems affects the process of recording music, it encourages the in-person collaboration and focus of all involved. Do you suppose that in the future, software developers will be explaining that old software catered to actual human needs and wants better? Because human authorship affected the software development process, that it required developers to consider their decisions more carefully? That it made fixing things more attractive than throwing things away and starting over wholesale? #LLM #software #AI