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> The Amazon engineers said that managers have encouraged them to use A.I. to help write one-page memos proposing a solution to a software problem and that the
by thih9 1y ago
> The Amazon engineers said that managers have encouraged them to use A.I. to help write one-page memos proposing a solution to a software problem and that the artificial intelligence can now generate a rough draft from scattered thoughts.
Why generate that memo at all - maybe scattered thoughts would be enough and the AI could help managers understand them. Then again, if the goal is to replace the engineers and not the other way round, then this makes sense.
- physicles 1y agoMy hot take is if you’re writing a memo or a spec for internal consumption, using AI is an anti-pattern. The doc isn’t the important product, the act of writing the doc is, because that’s how you clarify your own thinking. We know AIs are fine for bouncing ideas off of, but they’re not senior-level architects yet.