All metaphors break down at a certain point, but power tools and generative AI/LLMs being compared feels like somebody is romanticizing the art of programming a bit too much.
Copyright law, education, just the sheer scale of things changing because of LLMs are some things off the top of my head why "power tools vs carpentry" is a bad analogy.
if that someone is clumsy, had an active war going on against basic tools before, and wandered into the carpentry from completely different area, then power tools might be a bad idea.
They're not powertools lol. Tech has plenty of powertools and we automated the crap out of our job already.
Writing code has never been the limiting factor, it's everything else that goes into it.
Like, I don't mind that there's a bunch of weekend warriors out here building shoddy gazebos and sheds with their brand new overpriced tools, incorrecting each other on the best way to do things. We had that with the bitcoin and NFT bros already.
What I do roll my eyes at is when the bros start talking about how they're totally going to build bridges and planes and it's gonna be soooo easy to get to new places, just slap down a bridge.
Uh huh. Y'all do not understand what building those actually entails lol.
Yes because A tech-bro AIs dream is hundreds of thousands of developers being let go and replacing them with no code tools.
Sure, replace me with AI, but I better get royalties on my public contributions. I like many other developers have kids and other responsibilities to pay for.
We did not share our work publicly to be replaced. The same way I did not lend my neighbour my car so he could run me over, that was implicit.
sp33der89|20 days ago
Copyright law, education, just the sheer scale of things changing because of LLMs are some things off the top of my head why "power tools vs carpentry" is a bad analogy.
Keyframe|20 days ago
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dagss|19 days ago
habinero|19 days ago
Writing code has never been the limiting factor, it's everything else that goes into it.
Like, I don't mind that there's a bunch of weekend warriors out here building shoddy gazebos and sheds with their brand new overpriced tools, incorrecting each other on the best way to do things. We had that with the bitcoin and NFT bros already.
What I do roll my eyes at is when the bros start talking about how they're totally going to build bridges and planes and it's gonna be soooo easy to get to new places, just slap down a bridge.
Uh huh. Y'all do not understand what building those actually entails lol.
wasmainiac|19 days ago
Sure, replace me with AI, but I better get royalties on my public contributions. I like many other developers have kids and other responsibilities to pay for.
We did not share our work publicly to be replaced. The same way I did not lend my neighbour my car so he could run me over, that was implicit.
senordevnyc|19 days ago