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Re:Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career by koonsolo on Monday May 11, 2026 @03:22PM (#48099483)
I agree with you, but a big drawback is that the accuracy or confidence of their output can't be estimated.

So they surely know a lot, but you are never sure if the info is correct or not.

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Re:Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career by anon84873628 on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @12:43AM (#48104270)
They can estimate confidence based on distances in that state space.

But yes, it gets tricky.

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