Comment by JackSlateur
2 days ago
You can using a single simple step: don't
The more you use IA, the more your abilities decreases, the less you are able to use IA
This is the law of cheese: the more cheese, the more holes; The more holes, the less cheese; Thus, the more cheese, the less cheese;
This is the fastest way to unemployment benefits (if that is the goal).
This is just meaningless knee-jerking, try making an actual argument. At least the GP is arguing that more use of AI leads to loss of personal coding skills. It's unclear at this point what level AI will grow to, i.e. it could hit a hard wall at 70% of a good programmer's ability, and in that case you would really want those personal coding skills since they'll be worth a lot. It could also far exceed a good programmer, in which case the logic reverses and you want those AI handling skills…
NB: I'm talking about skill cap here, not speed of execution. Of course, an AI will be faster than a programmer… *if* it can handle the job, and *if* you can trust it enough to not need even more time in review…
"This is just meaningless knee-jerking,"
Your point is valid.
"AI leads to loss of personal coding skills"
Unfortunately, I can no longer do long division. No one will pay me to do long division and I have a calculator now. I could stay sharp at long division for a hobby though. Keep those for loops sharp if you want, but I don't see people paying you to hand code. Eventually, it will just be a liability. (like not using a calculator).
"it could hit a hard wall at 70% of a good programmer's ability"
That is not what NVDA,AMZN,GOOG,or MSFT believe. Maybe you are right and they are all wrong. They do have some smart people on staff. But, betting against the sp50 is generally a terrible plan.
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Have we really reached the point where a candidate gets outright rejected for not using AI tools, without taking personal aptitudes into consideration?
Whose personal aptitudes could possibly match those of Claude the Magnificent?
It wouldn’t surprise me if resume filters now look for how many times AI buzzwords are present.
Last person we recruted, the AI question made our choice
"Are you using AI ?"
(his response, tldr: "yes but actually no, because it sucks")
Great collaborator