Liza DalyFeb 4

My mom (in her 70s) is always asking me questions about AI, so last time I was home I showed her how Claude Code works so we could vibecode a Wordle clone together. I also showed how I would normally write code in an editor to make a few final tweaks.

When we were done she said, “I had no idea what you did for a living was so boring.”

Show threadJohn SiracusaFeb 4
@liza My parents also recently asked me to explain “AI” to them. Apparently it’s just penetrated the Boomer bubble.
Show threadLiza Daly
@siracusa She's pretty technical and likes science stuff, so she was specifically interested in how it applied to software development. Then she discovered she was not actually interested in software development.
Feb 4 at 3:39pmWeb
Show threadJeff GriggFeb 5

@liza @siracusa

My first thought as to what my response would be:

"Well yes, of course. If you had just asked, I would have told you.

"And when bureaucratic organizations and/or command-and-control management gets involved, it's many times worse."

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