LLM code is the lead pipe of our generation of software engineers. They’re going to be replacing it for decades and wondering how we were so foolish
@danirabbit
History is so filled with things that people (to be fair, mostly capitalists) thought were really good ideas that turned out to be disastrous that my head spins.
Lead in pipes, paint, etc. is certainly one, but, of the top of my head,
Radium watch faces
Thalidomide
Indiscriminately spraying DDT (the pictures of kids running after the trucks are truly mind boggling)
I’m sure there’s plenty more, but, apparently, we need to learn the same lesson over and over and over