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> Sure, buddy, just like ChatGPT will turn us into Einsteins, Knuths and Turings (hint: they won’t, you can’t replicate exceptional people with a crutch; except
by arcturus17 4y ago
> Sure, buddy, just like ChatGPT will turn us into Einsteins, Knuths and Turings (hint: they won’t, you can’t replicate exceptional people with a crutch; exceptional people will be able to utilize it, but not general public)
Run-of-the-mill programmers are now building extremely complex solutions thanks to data structures and algorithms invented by the likes of Knuth. Sometimes it helps knowing the internals, most of the time, however people are using them only knowing inputs, outputs, and the name of the API method.