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No offense but have you considered the strong possibility that you're just holding it wrong? You're entitled to your opinion, but OP is hardly the first person
by adamtaylor_13 4mo ago
No offense but have you considered the strong possibility that you're just holding it wrong? You're entitled to your opinion, but OP is hardly the first person to say something like this and is surrounded by tons of folks saying the exact same thing. Just because it sounds weird to you, doesn't mean it's not true.
- applfanboysbgon 4mo agoBy definition, 50% of developers are below average, so there are indeed "tons of folks" who are not very good at what they do.
- rudy6912 4mo agoThat is not how averages work. By definition of mean, perhaps.
- Xenoamorphous 4mo agoIndeed. Most people have more arms than average, which must be 1.9 something.
- cl3misch 4mo agoThat is how a median is defined, not the mean.
- rudy6912 4mo agoThank you! That was a (bad) typo. You are right, of course.
- _se 4mo agoEveryone saying it is in the "not as good as they think they are" camp is the very obvious explanation.
- slopinthebag 4mo agoIdk, all the great programmers I've come to respect are of the opinion that the code it outputs, while often useful, is not high quality. Likewise, all of the influencers and "thought leaders" I have seen on social media who I did not have a high opinion of previous to 2022, have all become AI influencers and make these kinds of claims. So while it's possible that the great programmers are not capable of using this tool effectively, I doubt that is the case, seeing as the mythical 10x productivity improvements have not materialised.
- ygg12 4mo agoThe tech has raised the floor not the ceiling. Whether the latter happens remains to be seen.
- slopinthebag 4mo agoThat sounds accurate. Or rather, they raised the perceived floor. IDK if we're seeing better output, but at least the illusion of output is stronger.
- jdw64 4mo agoThere are also differences in usage patterns, and differences in the quality of thinking. Not all programming revolves around Western open source Well, I guess it's just a difference of opinion on who's right