I'm optimistic long long long term, but long term our industry is screwed.
The current LLM based "AI" isn't good enough and we're already seeing way to many unable to code without the assistance of an AI agent. Sure, many of these people couldn't code at all before, or only very poorly, but at least their output was limited. We're producing way to much code (and to much content in general). The heavy leaning into AI at this point is going to set us back 10 - 15 years, for a short term profit. It's the dotcom bubble all over again in that respect. Way to many unskilled people are producing garbage code, and there aren't enough skilled people around to fix it, because the output volume is to high.
> Google recently told employees it would soon hold a companywide hackathon in which one category would be creating A.I. tools that could “enhance their overall daily productivity,” according to an internal announcement. Winning teams will receive $10,000.
If it's really that great, why the competition? Shouldn't this happen pretty organically? Companies are pushing "AI" hard, why to hard, it's not yet there where it can realistically deliver what is expected on the business side. I think even Google developers know this, but hey, $10,000 is $10,000.
I'm very concerned that we eroding trust, safety and quality long term, for a short term profit. It's not that LLMs can't be helpful, save money or improve quality, but you have to be a fairly skilled developer to get those advantages safely.
The current LLM based "AI" isn't good enough and we're already seeing way to many unable to code without the assistance of an AI agent. Sure, many of these people couldn't code at all before, or only very poorly, but at least their output was limited. We're producing way to much code (and to much content in general). The heavy leaning into AI at this point is going to set us back 10 - 15 years, for a short term profit. It's the dotcom bubble all over again in that respect. Way to many unskilled people are producing garbage code, and there aren't enough skilled people around to fix it, because the output volume is to high.
> Google recently told employees it would soon hold a companywide hackathon in which one category would be creating A.I. tools that could “enhance their overall daily productivity,” according to an internal announcement. Winning teams will receive $10,000.
If it's really that great, why the competition? Shouldn't this happen pretty organically? Companies are pushing "AI" hard, why to hard, it's not yet there where it can realistically deliver what is expected on the business side. I think even Google developers know this, but hey, $10,000 is $10,000.
I'm very concerned that we eroding trust, safety and quality long term, for a short term profit. It's not that LLMs can't be helpful, save money or improve quality, but you have to be a fairly skilled developer to get those advantages safely.