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Re:Is it all just vapourware? by disgruntledphd2 on Monday August 10, 2026 @03:01AM (#49240275)
AI is a power tool/factory with no safety features. Expertise is required to get anything useful from them.
Re:Is it all just vapourware? by padjo on Monday August 10, 2026 @07:13AM (#49242168)
Yep, much like having access to a circular saw won't make me a carpenter, having access to an LLM won't make the average person a software engineer.
Re:Is it all just vapourware? by raffael_de on Monday August 10, 2026 @11:38AM (#49245091)
you're moving the goal post as language models and agents aren't marketed as something like circular saw but a team of carpenters that you just tell what you want and they do it for you.
Re:Is it all just vapourware? by padjo on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @04:05AM (#49269200)
I never claimed to agree with the marketing.