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I Will Never Use AI to Code (antman-does-software.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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[–] 1 point 6 months ago* (1 child)

You can make a chair using nothing but hand tools. That's a wonderfully hobby, but you're going to have a real hard time turning that into a business and putting food on the table. The hand-made chair is probably of even be better quality than the mass produced one. And that's great for a few people, but most people probably want the cheapest chair that just barely gets the job done of staying together.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Coding is not making chairs. If the saw gouges the template you usually see the error quickly. If the legs are on crooked you can tell just by looking. If it breaks when you sit on it, you generally just fall on your ass. Manufacturing chairs is a simple process. Using chairs is a (typically) safe process.

    Coding is abstract, complex, deals with sensitive information, can broadcast that information anywhere on the planet to anyone instantly, intentionally or accidentally, and can even land you in jail if it performs certain actions.

    And you want to trust a non-deterministic autocorrect to fill in the “boring” gaps in your engineering when you can’t even be certain it will give you the right solution? Let alone a quality one…

    The stark contradiction that flows from supposedly smart people as soon as they get an idea that they’ll be like Mickey Mouse in Fantasia except with computers just illustrates to me that humanity’s thirst for power and control knows no bounds. Your hubris will be our undoing.

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