123 sats \ 4 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 18 Mar \ on: Are devs getting slowly replaced by AI? devs
I don't claim to be a fortune teller, but I have serious doubts that AI will ever fully replace developers. I use AI for coding myself, but only for specific tasks. The generated code still needs to be reviewed and tested thoroughly.
Yeah, but it's a matter of time until we have tools that are basically like this:
"make an app that connects to twitter, summarizes the twits about Biden and sends me a daily email about the overall sentiment"
Instead of having a freelancer to deal with, the recipient of that text would be an AI and the output would be delivered in seconds instead of days/weeks/months.
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I don't underestimate the potential of AI, and I think it's a great tool for when we're stuck on something. Even in these simple applications, it's necessary to verify and test. We can't trust the output 100%. Again, I don't see AI being able to come up with a complete solution anytime soon. But I could be wrong, of course...
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Here's an interesting read about long lasting bugs
I think we will always have bugs in software, so I reckon the best way forward is to build fast a new version of the code. AI can help with this.
Bit rot is real and AI can keep outdated software up-to-date in seconds. And that's just one aspect where AI can help. There are countless of other ways.
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Looks like good content, I'll read it in more detail later. I agree that AI is very good at helping with small tasks, which can be tedious if done manually. I think AI is like Google when it first appeared, it comes to 'democratize' knowledge, but with great power comes great responsibility. We cannot forget this!
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