Post #2001924

@regehr@mastodon.social I appreciate the design and pedagogical elements here. Even if they were resolved (which I don't think they can, because, as it notes, the surrendering of control in exchange for a management position is the point), I would still be uncomfortable using these tools because of their incredibly numerous externalities. I've considered outright leaving the field if we end up steering towards these tools being not just commonplace but expected because I can't justify these other effects. This essay alludes to some practice changes outside of the context of LLMs that I think people inherently understand as important. Perhaps our abstractions are just not good enough yet and people don't feel equipped to "mold the clay" in software development easily without surrendering control to a tool that does it for you. Perhaps there are ways we can teach programming better to be more intuitive. I'm staying around because I hope to chip away at these problems, and that people will slowly get better at relying on themselves than learning helplessness.