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Re:Why AI Isn't Ready to Be a Real Coder by MintPaw on Friday August 29, 2025 @01:34PM (#45067057)
You say it as a joke, but spell check has replaced certain tiers of editors. And Photoshop has replaced certain tiers of designers.
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Re:Why AI Isn't Ready to Be a Real Coder by flappyeagle on Friday August 29, 2025 @04:33PM (#45069076)
Bad ones
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Re:Why AI Isn't Ready to Be a Real Coder by MintPaw on Saturday August 30, 2025 @10:43PM (#45079890)
Bad by modern standards, there was a point in time where even just compositing two images on top of each other with an alpha cutout was considered a complex task.
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Re:Why AI Isn't Ready to Be a Real Coder by manoDev on Friday August 29, 2025 @04:56PM (#45069295)
Not a joke.

Proofreaders still exist, despite spell checker. Art assistants still exist, despite Photoshop. There's always more work to do, you just incorporate the new tools and bump the productivity, until it gets so commoditized it stops being a competitive advantage.

Saying AI "replaces" anyone is just a matter of rhetoric to justify lower salaries, as always.

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