have been doing "racing to debug" things with AI for quite some time too. Have to say, before Opus 4.8, there wasn't even a comparison for anything slightly complex.
Opus 4.8 has been the turning point though. I am not winning many races compared to Opus 4.8, especially if it is something more complex.
I think if everyone was using Opus 4.8 (or better) for every single task/question/etc, you would have much different overall sentiment. I don't think you would have many AI disbelievers left.
Because 90% of those UIs is written by these new AI models. That is how they are able to churn so much new user facing stuff all the time. The fact that it works at all is proof that these new AI models are actually pretty decent.
Trend is pretty clear pretty much across all western countries. Even among ones that have supposedly highest quality public education like Norway, Sweden, Germany, etc...
People are getting too stuck on US specific issues and missing that this is a pretty global problem.
I think it depends on what counts as doing nothing. Every time I cut my hair, I sit in a chair for ~30minutes silently without doing anything. My barber knows I don't like small talk so he just cuts my hair and that's it, there is no conversation.
I would say it is very enjoyable 30 minutes every time I do it. I don't think anyone would describe that kind of experience as hard to do?
I am surprised to see that there isn't a lot of information about performance regression testing.
Correctness testing is important but the way SQLLite is used, potential performance drops in specific code paths or specific type of queries could be really bad for apps that use it in critical paths.
Opus 4.8 has been the turning point though. I am not winning many races compared to Opus 4.8, especially if it is something more complex.
I think if everyone was using Opus 4.8 (or better) for every single task/question/etc, you would have much different overall sentiment. I don't think you would have many AI disbelievers left.