> This article of course presents automatic programming as if it's a brand new thing that is only now possible to do thanks to "AI", but that is only how compan

> This article of course presents automatic programming as if it's a brand new thing that is only now possible to do thanks to "AI", but that is only how companies that sell the technology find it convenient to present things to market their products. Reminds me of this essay that pg wrote in 2005, titled The Submarine. Someone linked it in another thread here on HN recently. > One of the most surprising things I discovered during my brief business career was the existence of the PR industry, lurking like a huge, quiet submarine beneath the news. Of the stories you read in traditional media that aren't about politics, crimes, or disasters, more than half probably come from PR firms. http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html