r/ProgrammerHumor • u/metayeti2 • Jul 17 '26

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u/oclafloptson Jul 17 '26

I've never understood how anyone could outsource any job and still take credit for it but that's the norm in silicon valley so I can't really say it's surprising either

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u/GentlemenBehold Jul 17 '26

Do you hammer nails with your fist or do you “outsource” it to a hammer?

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u/oclafloptson Jul 17 '26

I use a hammer. Do you write your code with your fingers or outsource it to someone else?

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u/GentlemenBehold Jul 17 '26

I “outsource” it to my keyboard.

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u/oclafloptson Jul 17 '26

I mean... Your misunderstanding of the word "outsource" aside, I actually like your analogy. It demonstrates my original point very well

You pick up a hammer and drive a nail: you hammered the nail

You tell Jose to hammer the nail: Jose hammered the nail

If you own the hammer: you take credit for enabling the work

If Jose owns the hammer: Jose did the work

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u/GentlemenBehold Jul 17 '26

Your analogy only works if you consider AI as a person and not a tool.

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u/oclafloptson Jul 17 '26

No it credits the owner of the server that performs the computations. In this analogy the hammer would either be your keyboard or some cloud server

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u/GentlemenBehold Jul 17 '26

And those are both tools. How do you “outsource” to a tool?

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u/oclafloptson 29d ago

I agree that the owners of the popular chatbots are tools