LeahFeb 6
I work with IT and the AI stuff is...
motivating me to do my work!
5.9%
demotivating me to do my work!
62%
not affecting my motivation!
32.1%
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Show threadSigmaFeb 6
@leah Demotivating. It's not that I think AI will replace me anytime soon. (In fact it won't. I've played with it enough to know that current-gen AI is at best Legacy-Code-as-a-Service. It's not usable for anything productive. At least not in the long term.)
But the issue is that a lot of people - even within the software industry - think it will be able to replace us. It's demotivating to realize that a lot of people don't understand the worth of an experienced software engineer...
Show threadCarsten HoffmannFeb 6
@sigmasternchen @leah I feel different. For me it is a tool to craft software. Being experienced helps me to shape the output. As every tool, it has a learning curve. But in many cases, it helps rather than it hinders. I would compare it to the usage of an IDE (as opposed to a text editor).
Show threadJonathan HartleyFeb 13
@morl99 @sigmasternchen @leah An interesting comparison. I have an anecdote from my time in a place that did 100% pairing on all code. We all learned a *lot* from each other, including about each other's IDE. After a few months, one by one, twelve out of fourteen of us chose to switch from an IDE to either Vim or Emacs, after we had been sufficiently educated in why you would do that. An example of pairing spreading not just knowledge, but enlightenment.
Show threadJonathan Hartley
@morl99 @sigmasternchen @leah So yes, LLM use does seen like using an IDE, in that it's an attractive tool that is eschewed by people who understand more deeply.
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