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> Within a very short period of time all code will be AI code. This is unlikely. Perhaps “most code”, but not “all”. People can overwhelmingly shift to a new
by thih9 3mo ago
> Within a very short period of time all code will be AI code.
This is unlikely. Perhaps “most code”, but not “all”.
People can overwhelmingly shift to a new technology, but the old one usually remains in use, even if niche.
- jjgreen 3mo agoOnce most code is AI slop, then the training data is tainted -- you know what happens when you eat your own crap ...
- sakjur 3mo agoIf that happens, I hope we label it dysentropy.
- skeledrew 3mo ago> eat your own crap Technically you do. Every living thing eats it's own and every other living thing's crap. Just that it's recycled - through other living things - crap (does it stop being "your own" when it's processed by another?).
- thih9 3mo agoWhat if you crap so much and your craps are so pervasive that you cannot find anyone else’s crap but yours - unprocessed, or with very little processing.
- skeledrew 3mo agoThat too is covered. There are even living things that need to feed on the crap of their own kind to survive. It's all possible in the web of evolution. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprophagia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprophagia
- skeledrew 3mo agoYeah there are still people out there hand-crafting Assembly. Not so sure about punch carding though; maybe some extreme retro getup.
- thih9 3mo agoIf we don't count player pianos, punch cards originated in textile industry and jacquard looms[1] - and many jacquard loom users rely on punch cards even today. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card#/media/File:Industry_during_the_First_World_War-_Leicestershire_Q28124.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card#/media/File:Indus...