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Someone made a similar argument to me recently about AI, talking about how programmers used to have stacks of reference books at their desks and how many of the
by matthewkayin 1y ago
Someone made a similar argument to me recently about AI, talking about how programmers used to have stacks of reference books at their desks and how many of the old guard had to have trainings convincing them to use google as a reference.
I guess this argument was supposed to convince me to stop being such a luddite and accept the inevitable future, but really, in an increasingly post-truth world, it made me want to go and get myself a stack of reference books.
- mmooss 1y agoI prefer the reference books myself - life is too short for anything but the highest quality information. But that's not how the world has worked out recently ...
- hamdingers 1y agoLife is too short to waste it leafing through printed documentation.
- mmooss 1y agoUse electronic versions.