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Re:The Eternal Promise: A History of Attempts to Eliminate P... by simonw on Saturday February 28, 2026 @11:36PM (#47203757)
The friction is why so many people never make it far up enough the learning curve to build something useful that solves their problems.
Re:The Eternal Promise: A History of Attempts to Eliminate P... by falkensmaize on Sunday March 01, 2026 @09:30AM (#47207029)
You could say the same thing about learning to fly a plane or play the piano. I’ve got no problem with people using llms to write useful utilities and programs for themselves, but it is leading us into a world where people are creating powerful things they don’t understand. That’s going to have consequences. We are already witnessing some of them.