I cannot understand the overwhelmingly negative sentiment in this thread. I've used LLMs every day at work for several years now, I am a firm believer they're useful. Never once have I felt that an LLM could do my job without me steering it. I know the project goals, how to structure the code, the right and wrong paths to explore, how to evaluate and test its changes, how to make good engineering decisions, and much more.
LLMs do not think. Someone has to be in the driver's seat. You're fooling yourself if you think that 99% of the population can use an LLM to write software. Or that they even have the desire to. I can cook, but I often go out to eat. I could repair a leaky sink, but a plumber will always do a better job. The specifics of our jobs are constantly changing, but our role in society will remain the same.
One-off scripts can be written with non-technical prompts, but this work was already cheap. To do anything meaningful you need to be able to reason about a hard problem as a whole and at the implementation level simultaneously. Specifying context, tasks, structure and style, data representation and control flow, these things are software engineering. You are simply writing software in natural language. It has never been about the syntax.
For the same reason software engineers still employed. AI is not yet capable of autonomous software development. From my perspective we're nowhere close.
Yep, I have heard of many such cases and I know someone affected personally. For someone who refuses to take down the personal information of others this is extremely hypocritical.
Spotify is the only streaming service I still pay for, and I will continue to pay for, because:
1. The catalog is comprehensive. I listen to far more music than I could afford to own.
2. There are no advertisements in the paid service.
3. Their music discovery algorithm is excellent.
I also appreciate the yearly statistics, and how they continue to add value for me. Podcasts and eBooks being added to the platform was cool. I like to make "taste combo" playlists with friends. Really one of the only companies I genuinely feel deserves my money.
Because this behavior is not socially acceptable. It's perfectly alright not to contact laid off co-workers you didn't have a relationship with. Feigning care is either misguided or self-serving.
This is what I took away from the post too. I'm not going to invite someone out for a coffee so I can use them down the road. I feel the same way about "networking". The people around you are not tools.
I want no part in "it's not what you know" kinds of situations. I'm paid for what I know. The author seems to think being apolitical means not giving your input or making decisions. If I'm not allowed to do that without sucking up to the higher-ups, I'll find another job. Everyone I respect is above politics.
Life's too short for bullshitting. Why not just speak your mind and avoid the people who react that way? I've found that if I sanitize my words I get sanitized responses, and vice versa. Nobody is as boring as they seem.
I feel the same, including code. I cannot justify it. I can easily counter my own arguments. Still, the further we automate human thought and creativity the worse it makes me feel. I am disappointed that so many are content with mediocre imitation.
I agree with you. It's easy to become desensitized to tragedy when you're only reading words. Regardless of opinions, it's hard not to empathize with a man shot dead before your eyes. I think it does a lot of good to remove that degree of separation, and reflect on it instead of purging it from your mind.
LLMs do not think. Someone has to be in the driver's seat. You're fooling yourself if you think that 99% of the population can use an LLM to write software. Or that they even have the desire to. I can cook, but I often go out to eat. I could repair a leaky sink, but a plumber will always do a better job. The specifics of our jobs are constantly changing, but our role in society will remain the same.
One-off scripts can be written with non-technical prompts, but this work was already cheap. To do anything meaningful you need to be able to reason about a hard problem as a whole and at the implementation level simultaneously. Specifying context, tasks, structure and style, data representation and control flow, these things are software engineering. You are simply writing software in natural language. It has never been about the syntax.