Jonathan Blow – If AI Solved Coding, Why Is My Software Still the Same? [video]

Re:Jonathan Blow – If AI Solved Coding, Why Is My Software S... by FranzFerdiNaN on Saturday November 14, 2026 @01:47AM (#50494653)

Maybe because Claude 5.5 is the first model that’s close to a professional developer. He’s basically going “well the steam engine was invented six months ago, why don’t we have railroads across the country?”.

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Re:Jonathan Blow – If AI Solved Coding, Why Is My Software S... by levzettelin on Saturday November 14, 2026 @02:19AM (#50494813)

If one of the selling points of the "steam engine" is that it can build railroads in no time, then that would be a legitimate question, no?

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Re:Jonathan Blow – If AI Solved Coding, Why Is My Software S... by kaashif on Saturday November 14, 2026 @03:26AM (#50495177)

I do not think one of the selling points of AI is that it will come up with new, innovative ideas for you to implement.

Acceleration due to AI is still described as a "time warp" not an ability to come up with ideas you wouldn't have come up with before, e.g. https://www.planned-obsolescence.org/p/ai-is-dramatically-ac...

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Re:Jonathan Blow – If AI Solved Coding, Why Is My Software S... by cowlevel on Saturday November 14, 2026 @03:35AM (#50495220)

It was invented a year and a half ago

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Re:Jonathan Blow – If AI Solved Coding, Why Is My Software S... by kragen on Saturday November 14, 2026 @11:24AM (#50498261)

Opus 5.5 shipped on September 22. Of this year.

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