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It's been less than a year and agents have gone from patently useless to very useful if used well.

Larrikin 1y ago
Useful if used well as a thought has gone from meaning a replace all developers machine to a fresh out of college junior with perfect memory bot to a will save a little typing if you type out all of your thoughts and baby sit it text box. I get value from it everyday like a lawyer gets value from LexisNexis. I look forward to the vibe coded slop era like a real lawyer looks forward to a defendant with no actual legal training that obviously did it using LexisNexis.
- catigula 1y ago
  The trajectory is a replace all developers trajectory, you're just in the middle of the curve wondering why you're not at the end of it. The funny thing is you're clearly within the hyperbolic pattern that I've described. It could plateau, but denying that you're there is incorrect.
  - troupo 1y ago
    > you're just in the middle of the curve wondering why you're not at the end of it. You assume the curve is exponential. We assume the curve is logarithmic. We are not the same
  - Larrikin 1y ago
    Where are you employed?
    - catigula 1y ago
      Why you ask a stranger on the internet for PII? I'm genuinely curious as to what's going through your mind and if people readily give you this. I suspect you're asking dishonestly but I can't simply assume that.
      - Larrikin 1y ago
        Every single one of your posts from the past two weeks is hyping up AI or down voted for being highly uninformed about every topic that isn't LLM hype related. You talk like a marketer of AI, someone that works adjacent to the industry with a dependency on these tools being bought.
        catigula 1y ago
        > Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data. You should delete this comment.

Useful if used well as a thought has gone from meaning a replace all developers machine to a fresh out of college junior with perfect memory bot to a will save a little typing if you type out all of your thoughts and baby sit it text box. I get value from it everyday like a lawyer gets value from LexisNexis. I look forward to the vibe coded slop era like a real lawyer looks forward to a defendant with no actual legal training that obviously did it using LexisNexis.

catigula 1y ago
The trajectory is a replace all developers trajectory, you're just in the middle of the curve wondering why you're not at the end of it. The funny thing is you're clearly within the hyperbolic pattern that I've described. It could plateau, but denying that you're there is incorrect.
- troupo 1y ago
  > you're just in the middle of the curve wondering why you're not at the end of it. You assume the curve is exponential. We assume the curve is logarithmic. We are not the same
- Larrikin 1y ago
  Where are you employed?
  - catigula 1y ago
    Why you ask a stranger on the internet for PII? I'm genuinely curious as to what's going through your mind and if people readily give you this. I suspect you're asking dishonestly but I can't simply assume that.
    - Larrikin 1y ago
      Every single one of your posts from the past two weeks is hyping up AI or down voted for being highly uninformed about every topic that isn't LLM hype related. You talk like a marketer of AI, someone that works adjacent to the industry with a dependency on these tools being bought.
      - catigula 1y ago
        > Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at the data. You should delete this comment.