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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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