Re:A year after the 100% AI mandate nobody understands our code
by marginalia_nu on Monday November 09, 2026 @07:53PM
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You can still work on what you're working on with methods that are already proven to work until new methods are well understood to work better.
Re:A year after the 100% AI mandate nobody understands our code
by streetfighter64 on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @02:24AM
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I suppose we disagree on whether LLMs as a method are currently "well understood to work better (than not using LLMs in any capacity)" or not.
That's not really what you claimed in the first part though. Your argument there was more along the lines of "regardless of how well your current tool works, you shouldn't use it if there's a likelihood a more efficient tool will come along in the future".
I mean, doesn't the below argument apply to like, buying a computer? According to Moore's law one has/had a "late mover's advantage" by where waiting to buy for two years doubled your value for money. So why do you own a computer already, aren't you better of saving your money?
> There's really a weird sort of late mover's advantage to just holding off and saving your money unless you expect your profit to grow faster than AI becomes more powerful.
You haven't really said how you actually get "more". Selling stuff usually works by resolving a need or want your customers have. If you can use AI as a tool to resolve one such want today, how will resolving it for 1/10th the cost in a few months actually help your business?
Even if you're making a new invention or something, sitting on the idea until you can make it for fewer dollars, will just open up to somebody else doing it earlier. And they'll have time to work out any kinks that inevitably only appear during actual testing...