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Re:DeepMind’s AlphaCode Conquers Coding, Performing as Well ... by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Thursday December 15, 2022 @03:18PM (#34005098)
Believe it or not, I don't think it is that bleak. The posts I seem to see on Linkedin that touch this subject seem to be reminiscent of Tesla hype ( "soon you won't even need mechanics!" type of predictions ). It is definitely a different breed from the usual crop of 'no code' tools, but the similarities are really hard to ignore for me ( hype, no understanding of blackbox does, and reality that things have to work-- and that someone have to actually understand it ).

In other words, I honestly don't think AI ( in its current state at least ) will change much. I will go even as far as to say that I don't see current generation being able to create an appropriate prompt.

I might be a little optimistic here, but having seen how people normally react to 'easier' things kinda confirms it.

If I worry about anything here, is that AI will become THE answer that you will not be allowed to question.

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Re:DeepMind’s AlphaCode Conquers Coding, Performing as Well ... by amag on Thursday December 15, 2022 @03:44PM (#34005478)
Thanks for this optimistic post and to be clear I don't expect alphacode to put me out of a job. I've seen the hilarious examples where people get ChatGPT to for instance claim that abacus-based computing is faster than GPU-based computing.

We're far from there with AI yet but we're on a trajectory and that's what worries me.

But in the short term I definitely agree with you.

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Re:DeepMind’s AlphaCode Conquers Coding, Performing as Well ... by exceptione on Thursday December 15, 2022 @06:25PM (#34007290)
> If I worry about anything here, is that AI will become THE answer that you will not be allowed to question.

People are already arguing with a bot about why there app was removed from the app store.

Somewhat related, the question might become: do I have a bot that can win an argument with an other bot? As the internet already get flooded with AI-generated seo-spam, we already get to depend on software that outsmart these AIs.

Some people here dream about becoming super productive. Reality might be that we will drown in AI-generated content (code, e-mails, web sites) that some poor people have to judge, clean up and curate.

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