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Software development with AI is starting to feel like cooking steak

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Re: Software development with AI is starting to feel like cooking steak

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I think most people on this board would agree with the thesis. However the real problem is when the owner of the restaurant looks at profit and loss statements and decides to keep less chefs on the payroll because customers are willing to pay for (just) edible steak.

The reduced expectations of steak, the desire for the perfect steak, are all fading to the background because "just passing satisfactorily" is better for business.

Re: Software development with AI is starting to feel like cooking steak

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I think most people on this board would agree with the thesis. However the real problem is when the owner of the restaurant looks at profit and loss statements and decides to keep less chefs on the payroll because customers are willing to pay for (just) edible steak. The reduced expectations of steak, the desire for the perfect steak, are all fading to the background because "just passing satisfactorily" is better fo…

That’s what the entire economy does by design. You make the lowest common denominator people will still pay for.

Re: Software development with AI is starting to feel like cooking steak

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post #6

I think most people on this board would agree with the thesis. However the real problem is when the owner of the restaurant looks at profit and loss statements and decides to keep less chefs on the payroll because customers are willing to pay for (just) edible steak. The reduced expectations of steak, the desire for the perfect steak, are all fading to the background because "just passing satisfactorily" is better fo…

That’s what the entire economy does by design. You make the lowest common denominator people will still pay for.

And people seek out the highest quality product they can pay the lease for

Re: Software development with AI is starting to feel like cooking steak

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post #6

I think most people on this board would agree with the thesis. However the real problem is when the owner of the restaurant looks at profit and loss statements and decides to keep less chefs on the payroll because customers are willing to pay for (just) edible steak. The reduced expectations of steak, the desire for the perfect steak, are all fading to the background because "just passing satisfactorily" is better fo…

That’s what the entire economy does by design. You make the lowest common denominator people will still pay for.

I worry what that says about our lives as a whole. The government will make our lives the lowest common denominator that we are willing to endure.
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