Can GPT-4 *Actually* Write Code?

Re:Can GPT-4 *Actually* Write Code? by brookst on Friday March 17, 2023 @08:09AM (#35195975)

You seem to be saying that there is fixed demand for programmers and oversupply means less hiring.

But the history of technology says that demand is recursive; the more tech produced, the more demand there is for producers.

There may be a time when we hit the old “the whole world only needs 5 computers”[0] limit, but I don’t think we’re anywhere close. AI is providing leverage to create net more programming; it is not replacing programmers in a zero sum game.

0. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/feb/21/computing...

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Re:Can GPT-4 *Actually* Write Code? by flippinburgers on Friday March 17, 2023 @08:34AM (#35196254)

Sounds a bit too much like a perpetual motion machine to me.

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Re:Can GPT-4 *Actually* Write Code? by brookst on Friday March 17, 2023 @09:30AM (#35196816)

Isn’t that true of any economy? Think of how many people are employed in general. How could this number of people have been employed 200 years ago?

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Re:Can GPT-4 *Actually* Write Code? by nmcfarl on Friday March 17, 2023 @10:36AM (#35197666)

I’ve got a computer in all of my light switches. There’s a limit to this, but I’m not quite sure where it is.

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