Fuck AI

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[–] Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

As someone who used to use AI "responsibly," no it cannot be. I never wrote whole programs with it. I generated boilerplate and did a shittier version of rubber ducky programming, etc. Try programming without it and you'll quickly realize how dependent on it you've really become. I haven't used it at all since spring this year and it's been great. I actually get more work done without it since I don't have to double check slop anymore.

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[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

I've noticed that too, and that's with using it as a last resort when I'm unable to find my answer the traditional way

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[–] Lumelore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

All of my tools are:

Deterministic
Actually fucking work
Don't consume 5 small nations worth of power

AI has exactly zero of those properties. I like using tools that work, I ain't gonna use a combine harvester if it fails to harvest my crops while also using 5000 gallons of gas to drive in circles.

When I program, I know what I'm doing. That is a significant speed advantage because I get something that works the first time, is maintainable, and also exercises my brain so it doesn't turn into mush.

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[–] bryndos@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yes.

I know how my tools work to some degree. I know when they get dull, become inefficient, and need sharpening, or grease, or cleaning.

Because of that i can sometimes appraise alternative and new versions' advantages and disadvantages, and choose (with at least a semi-informed judgement) when an upgrade might be worth more than the transition/investment/retraining cost. I've got it wrong some times, and learned from those mistakes. I get better at managing risks with them.

Some jobs i just know I'd better sharpen them more oftten, i can plan for that. I know how to maintain and even improve them. I can sometimes adapt them, or complementary systems, to make them better at specialised purposes.

I mostly own them, especially the ones that i cherish; I have an incentive to maintain, upgrade and make complementary investments.

I'm sure someone can do all that stuff with AI; but not me, so it's not a tool to me. Some of my tool requirements seem to be very far out of reach.

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[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I'm also dependent on my IDE and package managers... that doesn't make them bad, that makes them tools.

It might make them bad. Have you tried otherwise?

there is absolutely no debate that a strong programmer will see multiplicative gains

I work a lot slower with AI because fighting back the impulse to put a gun in my mouth takes at least half the day.

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[–] pizza_the_hutt@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

It’s not “just a tool”. https://gist.github.com/svieira/619d60dea942a8d4498cba3bb6b11c02

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[–] zarathustrad@lemmy.world 1 point 3 weeks ago

LLMs are just software. Philosophy and semantics aside.

https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/no-such-thing-as-just-a-tool

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