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These kinds of responses are my favorite dark pattern rhetorical device, because you can assert literally _anything_ in this format and almost nobody will refut
by habinero 2y ago
These kinds of responses are my favorite dark pattern rhetorical device, because you can assert literally _anything_ in this format and almost nobody will refute you, because the cost of refuting bullshit is 100x the cost of producing it.
Anyways, here goes.
1. Guido uses Copilot like I do - as a StackOverflow replacement to write the dumb boilerplate code. A much less flattering quote is "It doesn't save me much thinking, but [it helps] because I'm a poor typist". Also it's literally a minute or two of a three hour podcast.
2. A lot of code is autogenerated lol. Again, it's all the boring boilerplate stuff.
3. The cofounder of OpenAI is a biased source lol
4. He's an AI researcher, of course he runs that stuff.
5. Again, similar to Guido. He's using it for the boilerplate. Nothing wrong with enjoying using it as a toy, as he is here. But he's not doing serious work with it.
There's no virtue in hyping this stuff like a HODL bitcoin cultist.
- vonneumannstan 2y agoLook in the context of the comment I'm actually replying to your criticisms are just completely misplaced. >here's a bunch of hubbub and generalized excitement, and lots of talk about what could be done, or what might be done, but not very much actual doing I am showing that indeed many top people use the tools to make themselves more productive, in direct contradiction to the comment above.
- habinero 2y agoAnd, as I stated, your own sources say it's a mild improvement at best. Despite what you're insinuating. Listen: it's a fun toy. Engineers love toys and shiny distractions. Don't confuse shiny rocks for gold.
- vonneumannstan 2y ago> it's a fun toy. Keep thinking that and don't feel too bad when 21 year old zoomers are 10x more impactful than you are at work.
- jcgrillo 2y agoI will feel fucking great about that, because my stock portfolio will moon on their backs sufficiently that I can retire. But I'm not hopeful.
- habinero 2y agoHahaha. If you think software engineering is primarily about bashing out slop code as fast as possible, then there's not much I can say to you.