Comment by 9x39
2 months ago
If we're talking the response from the OP, people of his caliber are not in any danger of being automated away, it was an entirely reasonable revulsion at an LLM in his inbox in a linguist skinsuit, a mockery of a thank-you email.
I don't see the connection to handling the utilitarianism of implementing business logic. Would anyone find a thank-you email from an LLM to be of any non-negative value, no matter how specific or accurate in its acknowledgement it was? Isn't it beyond uncanny valley and into absurdism to have your calculator send you a Christmas card?
To be clear, my comment was in no way intended towards Rob Pike or anyone of his stature and contributions to the technology field.
It was definitely a less-than-useful comment directed towards the tech bro types that came later when the money started getting good.
People of his caliber is not being automated away but people pay less attention to him and don’t worship him like before so he is butt hurt.