Is it still worth learning to code?(safeenough.substack.com)
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Is it still worth learning to code?
https://safeenough.substack.com/p/is-it-still-with-learning-to-code
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And if people don’t have understanding they won’t even know the questions to ask
I'd love to know who everyone thinks is going to be responsible for creating new language primitives to train AI tools on if no one learns the fundamentals of programming anymore. Someone has to make the primitives.
Unless RL unleashed models come up with their own primitives. But even then if we don’t have anyone left who understands the fundamentals we are up sh*t creek anyway
Professionally? I would avoid it. Personally? For hobby, 100% I would, but at my own pace.
When I was in early school grades, a common question in math classes was "Why do we have to learn this, when we can just use a calculator?"
The best answer was "How do you know when the calculator is wrong?", for example when a miskey was entered. Same goes for AI, except knowing enough to spot mistakes or hallucinations takes a foundation knowledge.
The best answer was "How do you know when the calculator is wrong?", for example when a miskey was entered. Same goes for AI, except knowing enough to spot mistakes or hallucinations takes a foundation knowledge.
Yeah agreed
Imagine whole businesses built in code no one who owns it understands
There are probably already hundreds out there
The cyber risks alone…
What means to learn to code will shift, it will be a shallower knowledge. But a little bit of coding skill goes a long long way when controlling coding agents.
Learning to read code, and ask important algorithmic and architectural questions about the systems one is building will be key. Instead of raw production, the role will shift to curation and editorializing.