Re:Why Your Code Isn't as Innovative as You Think It Is
by palata on Friday September 13, 2024 @10:30AM
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IMHO, the problem when we try to innovate is that we don't try to solve problems. An innovation may or may not solve a problem, and it should have no value if it does not solve a problem.
Blockchain was an innovation that almost did not solve any problem (except for cryptocurrencies, there is nothing useful that blockchain can do and that could not be done better already).
LLMs are an innovation in search of problems. There is a bubble because it is a gold rush, but it's not clear at all what it solves (though it's clear that it brings big problems).
Sending people to the Moon/Mars does not solve any problem worth solving in itself. Etc.
Engineering should be (again IMHO) about solving problems, not about making money. And we have plenty of problems that we as a society need to solve (going to Mars is definitely not one of them).
Blockchain was an innovation that almost did not solve any problem (except for cryptocurrencies, there is nothing useful that blockchain can do and that could not be done better already).
LLMs are an innovation in search of problems. There is a bubble because it is a gold rush, but it's not clear at all what it solves (though it's clear that it brings big problems).
Sending people to the Moon/Mars does not solve any problem worth solving in itself. Etc.
Engineering should be (again IMHO) about solving problems, not about making money. And we have plenty of problems that we as a society need to solve (going to Mars is definitely not one of them).