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The Rise of Artificial Intelligence and the End of Code

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Re: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence and the End of Code

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Dogs can be made to learn things - doesn't mean we allow them do surgery.

Whoever wrote this article has negative knowledge about the state of AI.

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Its also slightly insulting that this person thinks that the modern programmer spends all their time writing if/else/then statement.

Re: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence and the End of Code

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Dogs can be made to learn things - doesn't mean we allow them do surgery. Whoever wrote this article has negative knowledge about the state of AI. edit: Its also slightly insulting that this person thinks that the modern programmer spends all their time writing if/else/then statement.

Agreed. When Spotify stops putting Coldplay in my Radiohead station, I'll begin to worry.

Re: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence and the End of Code

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The end of code seems like a title created by a sensationalist... I am excited for how these forms of pattern recognition and decision making can allow us to do more with software. There is still plenty of code to be written as we continue to apply software to every aspect of our world.

Re: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence and the End of Code

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post #7

If you have been following the recent advances in AI (and are not clueless) then it should be getting really REALLY obvious that most coding and design tasks will be automated within three to five years. AI will eat your career.

Front end engineer here, practically zero chance of that happening. At least on my side of the fence.

Re: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence and the End of Code

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post #7

If you have been following the recent advances in AI (and are not clueless) then it should be getting really REALLY obvious that most coding and design tasks will be automated within three to five years. AI will eat your career.

Can you articulate this in the form of a binary outcome? If so, I will happily make a $N00 sized bet (odds to be negotiated) on the false outcome with anyone who is interested.

Re: The Rise of Artificial Intelligence and the End of Code

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Dogs can be made to learn things - doesn't mean we allow them do surgery. Whoever wrote this article has negative knowledge about the state of AI. edit: Its also slightly insulting that this person thinks that the modern programmer spends all their time writing if/else/then statement.

>> "Dogs can be made to learn things - doesn't mean we allow them do surgery."

(Years from now) ..."humans can learn to be surgeons, but that doesn't mean they should be allowed to do surgery."

For example:

http://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/robotics/medical-robot...

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