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Re: I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle

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It's bittersweet, isn't it. Software is solved, but at a terrible cost.

Why is it bittersweet? Carpenters probably didn't cry when their tools improved.

It will be bittersweet when there's no human needed at the wheel but IMHO we are far, far from that. These models/agents are just mimicking human text and need guidance because they often get lost or stuck.

Re: I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle

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post #5
post #2

It's bittersweet, isn't it. Software is solved, but at a terrible cost.

Why is it bittersweet? Carpenters probably didn't cry when their tools improved. It will be bittersweet when there's no human needed at the wheel but IMHO we are far, far from that. These models/agents are just mimicking human text and need guidance because they often get lost or stuck.

Carpenters would have cried if all their work was reduced to shoving the logs into CNC machines.

Yes there is still human input but it requires comparatively no skill or depth and it gets easier by the month. If I were lobotimized today I'd still be able to function as half-assed architect to AIs anyway.

When was the last time you read fighting distractions/getting "in the zone"/complaint about open space offices thread or comment? They used to be a weekly feature on HN frontpage.

Re: I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle

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It's bittersweet, isn't it. Software is solved, but at a terrible cost.

How is it solved? LLMs cannot think new things, they can only cobble something together if it's in their training set.

I am not sure if claude had powerpc scripts in its training.
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