The issue being that one is unlikely to gain the experience necessary to fully leverage the power of the tool, if it’s the primary way to code, because it does too much, to readily…
How many CNC guys have the intuition of an of old school master machinist? Some do, most don’t. Plus, one of those masters can viably run many machines, with an unskilled observer monitoring to catch catastrophic fails. Fewer good jobs because of that. When automaton takes the learning out of the curve, very few people will put in the extra effort to grow beyond what’s needed for minimum viability, with all the knock on consequences that brings.
LLM coding may not kill programming as we know it right now, but I think it’s just a matter of time, just like with US machining/manufacture. Once the learning track to mastery becomes unrewarded, very few will walk it.
Translation: didn’t understand it.
Then it didn’t work fine.
AI tools don’t make up for lack of skill or experience, but in the hands of a skilled experienced developer can be formidable.
The issue being that one is unlikely to gain the experience necessary to fully leverage the power of the tool, if it’s the primary way to code, because it does too much, to readily…
How many CNC guys have the intuition of an of old school master machinist? Some do, most don’t. Plus, one of those masters can viably run many machines, with an unskilled observer monitoring to catch catastrophic fails. Fewer good jobs because of that. When automaton takes the learning out of the curve, very few people will put in the extra effort to grow beyond what’s needed for minimum viability, with all the knock on consequences that brings.
LLM coding may not kill programming as we know it right now, but I think it’s just a matter of time, just like with US machining/manufacture. Once the learning track to mastery becomes unrewarded, very few will walk it.
AI is just a tool. It’s a shame it’s being billed as a solution.