Comment by eudamoniac
5 days ago
I'm convinced that the polarization is that one's impression of AI has a direct 1:1 mapping with one's previous level of skill and sensitivity to quality. Most people are by definition average and they are impressed.
Is there anyone in the industry noted for their skill, quality, and taste, e.g. Jonathon Blow, who is impressed and thinks the AI is really good? I haven't seen any. In my personal circle, the best devs I know are either micromanaging or shunning AI; none of them think the agents are capable or really good. The mediocre devs I know are largely on board. This applies both online and off.
Couple this with the fact that no AI focused project has come out, not a single one, that meets a high quality bar with nontrivial complexity.
I am an AI quality sceptic. They can be useful if you don't care for quality, but I never don't care for quality. I live for quality.
This is contradicted by the amount of AI use at top tech firms.
No, it would be contradicted by the sentiment among devs at top tech firms, but I don't know what the sentiment is. I do know they are being forced to use AI at peril of termination such that their use of AI is a non signal.