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> What I don’t get it is how you can be a programmer in the year twenty twenty-four and not be the tiniest bit curious about a technology that’s said to be fund
by JohnFen 2y ago
> What I don’t get it is how you can be a programmer in the year twenty twenty-four and not be the tiniest bit curious about a technology that’s said to be fundamentally changing how we’ll program in the future.
I don't use it because I don't find it useful. Not sure why that's hard to understand.
> Absolutely, yes, that claim sounds ridiculous — but don’t you want to see for yourself?
Well, I did see for myself. If the situation changes in the future and genAI becomes useful to me, I'll find out in the natural course of things. Until/unless that day comes, I'm not using it. Lack of curiosity doesn't enter into it.
> Maybe that assumption was wrong
I don't think that assumption was wrong. I think the wrong assumption is that some devs don't want to use AI features due to a lack of curiosity or willingness to learn.
- ripley12 2y ago> Well, I did see for myself. What, specifically, did you try? Like what LLM and what tools around that LLM?
- JohnFen 2y agoI tried the ones that are most popular around here. But since these discussions have a strong tendency to devolve into "you just haven't used the right tools", I prefer to keep it vague in order to sidestep that. I'm in no way saying these tools aren't useful to many. I'm just saying that I haven't found them useful to me, at least so far. In order to achieve the same quality result, I have to spend more time if I use the tools than if I don't use them, and I need to spend an increased amount of time doing the sort of task that I would prefer to minimize. And as I said, if/when the day comes that they are useful to me, I'll find out and start using them. That day just isn't today.