as someone using AI, it is mania, leadership has decided it is so and software is getting worse. we could have just accepted our 20% bump and been happy, fixed bugs, made things better quality, nope, ship half assed features at 2x speed, pretend claude is infallible and will solve all our problems, brand reputation? user research? pixel perfect designs? what are you a dinosaur?
replyYou make eat omelets using sourced material you have no way to verify.
replyYou trust the label. The person. The company. You hope someone did their due diligence.
Sometimes taste the shell. That is an acceptable risk.
Would you have made this comparison in 2022 about a future where you're shipping code that you're not even reading?
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No, not in 2022. The models weren't good enough yet. I was looking at the trend line though. I gave word to our engineers that software would not be the bottleneck. The bottleneck was understanding what to do next.
replyWe used to be in the business of owning, understanding and evolving our processes. Are we not, now?
replyExcept in this case the label on the eggs says "Eggs may occasionally be poisonous. Users should not rely on eggs to be safe, and should carefully scrutinise eggs before and during cooking. Bob's Farm accepts no liability for injuries resulting from making omelets with our eggs."
replyUsers are responsible for what their agents do.
replyYou should probably try it.
replyYeah, man. Don't be a square!
replyTry it, you might like it. First month's free and you can still quit if it's not for you.
I expect the guy sticking to his horse and cart, as the first cars started to overtake him on the roads, felt similar.
replyA lot of the real advancements that the dinosaurs didn't understand perhaps seemed like a mania, but a lot of manias seem like real advancements that the dinosaurs don't get.
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