@vie I think part of the logic is that a lot of developers have low self-confidence. If you believe that you're not as good as your peers, it seems attractive to defer part of the work to a machine that presents all its answers with certainty. It lessens your perceived burden and you can lean on its apparent confidence. It's actually bluffing away, an unreliable source compared to intentionally written documentation and a much worse programmer than the nonconfident human, but when you lack confidence, this is harder to recognize.

It's a sad vicious cycle where the nonconfident becomes dependent and even less confident as a result. However, I think we need to recognize these people as victims of a trap rather than blaming them for it. It's mainly the marketing rhetoric of the genAI vendors that is at fault. The "mystery AI hype theater", as @emilymbender aptly calls it.

Tip for all humans: "On Confidence" from The School of Life is a sweet, smart, funny, heart-warming little book that you can read in an hour. It might also boost your confidence a bit. Buy multiple copies, give it away to friends and colleagues, bring it to work, on your travels and to the toilet, read it multiple times. One of the best books I've read.

https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/tsol-press-on-confidence/

#genAI #programming #confidence #SchoolOfLife

On Confidence Book | The School of Life

On Confidence - This book walks us around the key issues that stop us from making more of our potential. The School of Life.

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#Schooloflife Veramente bello.
E grazie a @nicologovoni
e a https://stillirise.org
Più #scuola per tutte e tutti.

Ik ben nog op zoek naar een leuke cursus om in de zomer te doen (van het studiebudget van werk) en kwam The School of Life in Amsterdam tegen. Iemand hier ervaring met hun aanbod? #dtv

Ik vind het interessant dat de basis voor cursussen in de filosofie ligt, iets waar ik uit mezelf weinig mee doe en dus vast wat van kan leren. Maar ook een beetje bang dat het te zweverig is voor een nuchtere rationele bèta nerd die normaal in een wiskundige/IT bubbel werkt

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#schooloflife mit der #deutschebahn : 1. Hab immer einen #planB oder besser zwei. 2. Trainiere vor geplanter #Reise auf kurze Distanzen bis zu 500 m u packe so, dass du mit Gepäck sprinten kannst, um deinen Anschlusszug doch noch zu erreichen. *** Edit *** 3. Denke immer an die #salamitaktik der Deutschen Bahn u traue daher keiner von der BahnApp vorgeschlagenen Alternativroute (siehe Punkt 1).
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How to Stop Getting TRIGGERED Forever

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A Worry Audit
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I'm a big fan of Alain de Botton and his School of Life (https://www.theschooloflife.com/). They do so many wonderful projects to soothe the psyche. This one's great. #schoolOfLife #philosophy #psychology #AlainDeBotton

A Worry Audit

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