tanteMar 4

The question is not whether you can create software using LLMs - you can (most software is just boring CRUD shit).
But you do pay a hefty price: In lowering quality (security issues, less maintainable), in skill decay in the people "guiding" the stochastic parrots, etc.

It's not "can 'AI's create software" but "are we willing to accept worse software running more and more of our lives?"

Show threadBen RamseyMar 23
@tante @Npars01 The answer to that question is “yes” for many executives and shareholders. It’s a balancing act. They know consumers will accept lower quality products up until the experience is poor enough that it outweighs the switching costs and network effects.
Show threadThomas KräftnerMar 23
@ramsey @tante @Npars01 This assumes that when the point where people want to switch is reached there is something left to switch to that hasn't been killed by the economic pressure the cheap shit has created until then. If the pressure from cheap, shitty AI slop is held up long enough using venture capital...
Show threadNicole Parsons

@kraftner @ramsey @tante

Remember that fossil fuel money is keeping these unpopular state surveillance initiatives alive.
https://www.tacticalreport.com/daily/63938-saudi-al-swaha-zuckerberg-agree-on-ai-pilot-projects

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/13/trump-tech-execs-riyadh/

https://english.aawsat.com/technology/5197011-saudi-communications-minister-meets-meta-ceo-top-tech-leaders-during-us-trip%C2%A0

Want to starve a fossil fuel fascist movement?

Do all you can to phase out fossil fuel use & starve the industries & corporations backing Zuckerberg's play.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/business/dealbook/saudi-arabia-ceos-deals.html

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5616043-stewart-trump-tech-ceos-saudi-ties/

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