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Telling Claude to solve a problem and walking away isn't a problem you solved. You weren't in the loop. You didn't complete any side quests or do anything of no

Telling Claude to solve a problem and walking away isn't a problem you solved. You weren't in the loop. You didn't complete any side quests or do anything of note, you merely watched an AGI work.

simonw 1y ago
Here's one I did even less work for: https://tools.simonwillison.net/terminal-to-html https://tools.simonwillison.net/terminal-to-html - prompt and video here: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/23/claude-code-for-web-video/ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/23/claude-code-for-web-vi...
_factor 1y ago
Writing your Java code on an IDE, you just sat by while the interpreter did all the work on the generated byte code and corresponding assembly. You merely watched the tools do the work.
- bitpush 1y ago
  This exactly is the part that lots of folks are missing. As programmers in a high level language (C, Rust, Python ..) we were merely guiding the compiler to create code. You could say the compiler/interpreter is more deterministic, but the fact remains the code that is run is 100% not what you wrote, and you're at the mercy of the tool .. which we trust. Compiled output can change between versions, heck, can even change during runtime (JIT compilation).
  - catigula 1y ago
    The hubris here, which is very short-sighted, is the idea that a. You have very important contributions to make and b. You cannot possibly be replaced. If you're barely doing anything neither of these things can possibly be true even with current technology.
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- catigula 1y ago
  This is a failure of analogy. Artificial intelligence isn't a normal technology.
- voidhorse 1y ago
  I don't think anyone would claim that writing a poem yourself and hiring someone to write a poem for you are the same thing. In the same way, there is a distinct difference form having and encoding the concepts behind a piece of software yourself and having a rough idea of what you want and hiring a bunch of people to work out that conceptualization for you. Contrarily, a compiler or interpreter is just a strict translation of one representation of that conceptualization into another (modulo maybe alterations in one dimension, namely efficiency). It's a completely different dynamic and these snarky analogies are either disingenuous or show that AI boosters understand and reflect on what it is they are really doing far less than the critics.
wahnfrieden 1y ago
Who cares? I don’t see any issue. I write code to put software into users hands, not because I like to write code.
- catigula 1y ago
  You don't see any issue with the I in this equation falling out of relevance? Not even a scrap of self-preservation?
  - wahnfrieden 1y ago
    Since I ended my career as a wage worker and just sell my own software now, automation is great for me. Even before GPT hype I saw the writing on the wall for relying on a salary and got out so that I could own the value of my labor. I don’t see my customers being able to one-shot their way to the full package of what I provide them anytime soon either. As they gain that capability, I also gain the capability to accelerate what more value I provide them. I don’t think automation is the cause of your inability to feed and house yourself if it reduces the labor needed by capital. That’s a social and political issue. Edit: I have competitors already cloning them with CC regularly, and they spend more than 24h dedicated to it too If the capability does arrive, that’s why I’m using what I can today to get a bag before it’s too late. I can’t stop development of automation. But I can help workers organize, that’s more practical.
    - catigula 1y ago
      >I don’t see my customers being able to one-shot their way to the full package of what I provide them anytime soon either What if they are, or worse? Are you prepared for that? If you point me towards your products, someone can try to replicate them in 24 hours. Sound good? Edit: I found it, but your website is broken on mobile. Needs work before it's ready to be put into the replication machine. If you'd like I can do this for you for a small fee at my consulting rate (wink emoji).
      - dist-epoch 1y ago
bdangubic 1y ago
exactly. the problem did get solved though which is the whole point :)

Telling Claude to solve a problem and walking away isn't a problem you solved. You weren't in the loop. You didn't complete any side quests or do anything of note, you merely watched an AGI work.

simonw 1y ago

Here's one I did even less work for: https://tools.simonwillison.net/terminal-to-html https://tools.simonwillison.net/terminal-to-html - prompt and video here: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/23/claude-code-for-web-video/ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/23/claude-code-for-web-vi...

_factor 1y ago

Writing your Java code on an IDE, you just sat by while the interpreter did all the work on the generated byte code and corresponding assembly. You merely watched the tools do the work.

bitpush 1y ago
This exactly is the part that lots of folks are missing. As programmers in a high level language (C, Rust, Python ..) we were merely guiding the compiler to create code. You could say the compiler/interpreter is more deterministic, but the fact remains the code that is run is 100% not what you wrote, and you're at the mercy of the tool .. which we trust. Compiled output can change between versions, heck, can even change during runtime (JIT compilation).
- catigula 1y ago
  The hubris here, which is very short-sighted, is the idea that a. You have very important contributions to make and b. You cannot possibly be replaced. If you're barely doing anything neither of these things can possibly be true even with current technology.
  - deleted 1y ago
    [deleted]
catigula 1y ago
This is a failure of analogy. Artificial intelligence isn't a normal technology.
voidhorse 1y ago
I don't think anyone would claim that writing a poem yourself and hiring someone to write a poem for you are the same thing. In the same way, there is a distinct difference form having and encoding the concepts behind a piece of software yourself and having a rough idea of what you want and hiring a bunch of people to work out that conceptualization for you. Contrarily, a compiler or interpreter is just a strict translation of one representation of that conceptualization into another (modulo maybe alterations in one dimension, namely efficiency). It's a completely different dynamic and these snarky analogies are either disingenuous or show that AI boosters understand and reflect on what it is they are really doing far less than the critics.

wahnfrieden 1y ago

Who cares? I don’t see any issue. I write code to put software into users hands, not because I like to write code.

catigula 1y ago
You don't see any issue with the I in this equation falling out of relevance? Not even a scrap of self-preservation?
- wahnfrieden 1y ago
  Since I ended my career as a wage worker and just sell my own software now, automation is great for me. Even before GPT hype I saw the writing on the wall for relying on a salary and got out so that I could own the value of my labor. I don’t see my customers being able to one-shot their way to the full package of what I provide them anytime soon either. As they gain that capability, I also gain the capability to accelerate what more value I provide them. I don’t think automation is the cause of your inability to feed and house yourself if it reduces the labor needed by capital. That’s a social and political issue. Edit: I have competitors already cloning them with CC regularly, and they spend more than 24h dedicated to it too If the capability does arrive, that’s why I’m using what I can today to get a bag before it’s too late. I can’t stop development of automation. But I can help workers organize, that’s more practical.
  - catigula 1y ago
    >I don’t see my customers being able to one-shot their way to the full package of what I provide them anytime soon either What if they are, or worse? Are you prepared for that? If you point me towards your products, someone can try to replicate them in 24 hours. Sound good? Edit: I found it, but your website is broken on mobile. Needs work before it's ready to be put into the replication machine. If you'd like I can do this for you for a small fee at my consulting rate (wink emoji).
    - dist-epoch 1y ago

bdangubic 1y ago

exactly. the problem did get solved though which is the whole point :)