Post #3261883
2024-01-14 16:41 UTC
Of course, we also have the dream appearing regularly in science fiction. HAL 9000 is from 1968, and was set in 2001. You can just tell the computer what to do, and off it goes, understanding your needs.
I should say that this is a lovely dream. And it can be a great inspiration as we get machines and computers to do the drudgery. But as with all powerful dreams, we have to be careful to be realistic.
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@williampietri@sfba.social 2024-01-14 16:48
When people expect "AI" to do the coding, I think they're not paying much attention to what the hard parts of software development really are. The computer I'm typing on is at least a million times better than where I started. A million times faster, a million times bigger. So much of the work I did then has been automated. But the job hasn't gotten easier, it's just a different kind of hard. Instead of me hacking away solo in my dad's basement, I now am trying to collaboratively build lasting, coherent intellectual works directly with my team and in concert with thousands of other people via libraries, services, and the like. 12/