I don't think it has something "profound" to say, but it also is a good article worth the read.
replyIt's mostly about why some people enjoy working with AI ("I get to build things I can use, that I couldn't build otherwise!)" and others don't ("This code is all slop and nobody understands it, and it makes me sad")
It touches a little bit about those two perspectives in general, which he calls centaurs (in charge of the work) and reverse centaurs (the work is in charge of them)
So many of the articles I've read are like this—some of them feel as though AI gets mentioned out of the blue. I think you need to separate the wheat from the chaff. The ideas are still good, the author is just distracted.
replyThat feels overly reductive
replyEven if they're saying something bad about it?
reply> It could be that this person has something profound to say
replySome commentators are unknown for good reason, or otherwise not worth the effort to get to know. Cory Doctorow is not one of those.
I've had the good fortune to meet Cory many times over the past twenty years. I don't agree with everything he writes, but he's earned the right to be on of those authors I keep reading because he may end up changing my thinking.
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