Earlier quoted context omitted.
Calculators wont give you completely wrong results, not even once, where "AI" does that way too often. If calculators did too, mathemeticians simply would not use them.
Most specifically, random wrong results. Some calculators have issues with rounding, but if you understand those issues, it's consistent. Imagine driving your car, you turn right, but today turning right slams on the brakes, and 10 people rear end you! That's current AI.
AI’s coding evolution hinges on collaboration and trust
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Re: AI’s coding evolution hinges on collaboration and trust
#162There's been a strong theme recently here on HN of confusing programming (the act of writing code to meet specifications) and Engineering(the writing of specifications, and the oversight of said process, along with overview of testing). AI is definitely not ready for an Engineering role. My recent experience with ChatGPT5(Preview) via Visual Studio Code tells me that it might perform acceptably as a junior programmer…
Re: AI’s coding evolution hinges on collaboration and trust
#163“If it takes longer to explain to the system all the things you want to do and all the details of what you want to do, then all you have is just programming by another name” If it's taking you that long to direct the AI, then either you're throwing too small a problem at it, or too big a problem at it, or you're not directing its attention properly. In a way, your prompts should feel like writing user documentation:…