In analyzing the impact of LLMs, old-timers like me get pretty pissy about how bad the resulting work is.
But here's the thing: the bulk of the geek trade already does such shitty work such that LLM-generated code can actually compete.
In analyzing the impact of LLMs, old-timers like me get pretty pissy about how bad the resulting work is.
But here's the thing: the bulk of the geek trade already does such shitty work such that LLM-generated code can actually compete.
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True that! I've seen just as much bad written by humans, as by LLMs…