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Re:AI isn't going to kill the software industry by loco5niner on Friday January 24, 2025 @01:39PM (#42815887)
Wrong analogy. The horse wasn't employed, the driver was. The horse was just a tool used by the driver.
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Re:AI isn't going to kill the software industry by baggy_trough on Sunday January 26, 2025 @05:05PM (#42834669)
Faulty logic. The horse was the best means to an end; currently, human programmers are the best means to a different end.
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Re:AI isn't going to kill the software industry by loco5niner on Monday January 27, 2025 @10:53AM (#42842405)
Your argument will only apply when humans are no longer needed at any point in the pipeline.
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Re:AI isn't going to kill the software industry by baggy_trough on Tuesday January 28, 2025 @12:43PM (#42855393)
I fail to see why you think so. The better AI becomes, the less need for humans in the pipeline there may be, even if that number is not zero.
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Re:AI isn't going to kill the software industry by loco5niner on Thursday January 30, 2025 @12:53PM (#42880195)
Someone still needs to communicate to the computer exactly what they want and the computer has to understand that. So far, that has been tried unsuccessfully many times, and I don't see that changing with AI
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