> This makes me wonder if there's much point anymore in improving the usability of systems software (programming languages, databases, operating systems, clouds

> This makes me wonder if there's much point anymore in improving the usability of systems software (programming languages, databases, operating systems, clouds, anything driven by textual configuration). A basic assumption that underlies making better tools is that user's time is valuable, that intuitive and simple systems therefore have value. Yes, but the nature of the problem changes a little. Because LLMs are not guaranteed to produce correct results, this might incentivize configuration and programming languages where you can provide a separate specification, possibly generated by another LLM, against which the program or configuration is checked against. This then potentially saves the user a lot of iteration to correct simple mistakes. Another aspect is that simpler systems/languages are also simpler for LLMs to understand, so an LLM generating a program in a simpler, more expressive programming language has a higher chance of being correct.