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Re:Dijkstra On the foolishness of "natural language programm... by chongli on Thursday April 03, 2025 @10:03AM (#43569863)
I think this is the principle-agent problem at work. Managers/executives who don't understand what programmers do believing that programmers can be easily replaced. Why wouldn't LLM vendors offer to sell it to them?

I pity the programmers of the future who will be tasked with maintaining the gargantuan mess these things end up creating.

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Re:Dijkstra On the foolishness of "natural language programm... by immibis on Thursday April 03, 2025 @11:43AM (#43571343)
No pity for the computer security industry though. It's going to get a lot of money.
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Re:Dijkstra On the foolishness of "natural language programm... by lukan on Thursday April 03, 2025 @12:55PM (#43572445)
"I pity the programmers of the future who will be tasked with maintaining the gargantuan mess these things end up creating."

With even a little bit of confidence, they could do quite well otherwise.

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