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80% of developers find AI coding more addictive than helpful (www.zdnet.com)
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A new Coddy Developer Survey found that four in five developers, 80%, say their use of AI has felt more like a dependence than an advantage.

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[–] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I tell folks to take what it tells you with a grain of salt because you can get it to agree with you no matter what, eventually. It will also confidently give you answers even if your question was vague or missing important specifications.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (2 children)

    100%. And it's dangerous as fuck. I am very aware, I dedicated my whole life to communicating through text, with computers, with humans, with myself, I studied philosophy and cognition and language and semiotics and computing and coding, so I'm at a tremendous advantage, and I have noticed that I have started talking a bit more like AI over the past few years.

    Like, lie with dogs, get fleas.

    Imagine if they decided that they will adjust the morality of the AI, to, let's say, just be a little bit more favorable towards the concept of "white genocide" in South Africa, and the global effects you could see in sentiment. You think Facebook is bad? In ten years we are going to have a seriously big fucking problem with a handful of people truly controlling what people think. They already do, but this one is a game changer.

    Sorry for rambling.

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