Comment by throwaway041207
2 hours ago
> But it's clear that Zed's focus is on AI integration because that's where the money's going
Do you really think Zed's focus on AI is just about money? You do realize software engineering is in the midst of a tectonic shift?
> You do realize software engineering is in the midst of a tectonic shift?
As an everyday user of AI, both at work and privately, I am not that convinced. The biggest effect I've seen so far is demand for faster work because "everything is faster with agents", but software quality is slowly dropping in software I see around me.
Current AI is very useful as a trivia engine and as a language manipulation tool - i.e. it can quickly extract information from a huge amount of text. But it still sucks when writing new things.
Admittedly, here has been much progress, but it seems to be slowing down. Money is drying out, models are getting nerfed, and only better scaffolding and workflows are making it better. Unless they build 100x more data centers, I don't see models getting significantly better.
> Do you really think Zed's focus on AI is just about money?
Yes? Legitimately curious what other explanation is there here, thats the reason all of these LLM integrations across all software is being pushed.