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Re:Automating programming: AI is transforming the coding of ... by Jeff_Brown on Friday July 09, 2021 @01:14PM (#27785998)
The only explanations I can think of are (1) altruism, (2) intent to profit from one's reputation, and (3) simply enjoying puzzle solving. Am I missing any? And are any of them so strange?
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Re:Automating programming: AI is transforming the coding of ... by icoder on Friday July 09, 2021 @04:53PM (#27788370)
Do not underestimate how much you can learn from teaching / explaining something (you think you already know) to someone else.
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Re:Automating programming: AI is transforming the coding of ... by rapnie on Friday July 09, 2021 @06:09PM (#27789073)
Learning in public [0], discussed on HN before.

[0] https://www.swyx.io/learn-in-public/

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Re:Automating programming: AI is transforming the coding of ... by staticassertion on Friday July 09, 2021 @02:17PM (#27786731)
(2) And (3) aren't strange and are very likely the main drivers. It isn't hard to imagine that humans, and really any intelligent life, have evolved to enjoy problem solving and structure incentives around being good at it.
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Re:Automating programming: AI is transforming the coding of ... by oefnak on Saturday July 10, 2021 @07:04AM (#27792568)
For me it is contributing to a project that has helped me too. For every useful answer I received on stack overflow I've answered some questions myself.
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Re:Automating programming: AI is transforming the coding of ... by Jeff_Brown on Saturday July 10, 2021 @11:02AM (#27793779)
Interesting. I wonder whether "repaying a debt you feel but are under no legal obligation to repay" should qualify as altruism. (It feels altruistic to me.)
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