Comment on Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over
rodneylives@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Yes, the age of all programming is over, because no new libraries or languages will ever be invented and LLMs will this always know everything there is to know about coding based on what’s already been written which will never go obsolete.
Honestly, mocking these things is SO EASY.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
What makes you think AI won’t be writing libraries or languages in the future?
rodneylives@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Assuming that’s true, and that’s a BIG assumption… What makes you think that would matter? AI has no interiority; it isn’t a thinking blob, it’s a text generator. Think of it as a fancy Markov chain.
Even if it were true, where in the chain do new principles, new techniques, new concepts enter into it? All these forms of generative AI can do is regurgitate what’s been fed into it. The worst thing you can train an AI from is AI-generated output.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
Ever heard of skills? You can essentially “teach” it new things that are not directly available in its model, right now it’s still pretty early but it (to me) feels like quite a leap compared to model-only usage.
Its by no means perfect, but I do not think we’re even close to scratching the surface of what all can be done with the tech.
I would bet people back at the advent of computers would scoff at many of the things computers can do now as fantasy.
rodneylives@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
“Ever heard of skills,” wow thanks for beginning with a dismissive statement that implies all of this you’re saying is not only true but obvious. This is not the way to respond to people with strong objections.