The West Forgot How to Make Things. Now It's Forgetting How to Code

Re:The West Forgot How to Make Things. Now It's Forgetting H... by gonzalohm on Sunday April 26, 2026 @07:20AM (#47909391)

I think you are right, but it also makes sense. Human communication is inherently inefficient. Points of view, miscommunication, interpretation... It's the obvious point to automate. Not defending it, just my thoughts

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Re:The West Forgot How to Make Things. Now It's Forgetting H... by nomel on Sunday April 26, 2026 @05:16PM (#47914591)

I have a couple of colleagues that run all communication through an LLM. It really helps their writing, but it does nothing to help their understanding.

It also makes me hate communicating with them because they'll (somewhat obviously) prompt the LLM to make the conclusion they want. For example, "respond to this jira with why this isn't an issue"

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Re:The West Forgot How to Make Things. Now It's Forgetting H... by gonzalohm on Monday April 27, 2026 @11:32AM (#47922963)

Yes, fully agree. Automatic communications should always be optional in the sense that you should offer that to someone but never force

Sometimes I don't feel like having to make a phone call, but sometimes I much rather talk to a human

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