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AI is not an abstraction. I still can’t believe engineers are making this basic, definitional mistake.
by archagon 5mo ago
AI is not an abstraction. I still can’t believe engineers are making this basic, definitional mistake.
- pan69 5mo agoIf not an abstraction, how would you describe it then?
- archagon 5mo agoI don't know? It's an agent, an automated contractor, a black box that produces work. When you pay someone to help write your app, you don't call that an "abstraction."
- victorbjorklund 5mo agoAI isn’t someone. And sure instead of building X I can of course bring in Y that abstracts away X.
- bergie 5mo agoI think the reasonable way to look at LLMs is similar to how you'd work with junior developers. They can churn out code, but do need constant guidance. Of course, (some of the) real juniors will eventually become seniors. It remains to be seen if LLMs will.