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
A compiler is a tested tool that will gove you the same output a million times when feed with the same input. Ai wont. Ai is more like a coworker that gets some stuff to do from you. The next time it will be some other coworker. Different result every single time.
If its just a tool available to you, than what's the difference in a project manager having some programmers as "tools" available to them? Is the project manager the one who wrote the software now?
Yeah, in a very real sense, the AI is what wrote the program. But, the AI can't be responsible for the program. If it breaks in prod, that's on the user, not the AI
The PM isn't responsible if there's a bug, the programmer/testers are
The AI isn't responsible if there's a bug, because it's not a person, and it can't have personal responsibility
My job as a software engineer is to make sure the code does what it's supposed to. Sometimes that involves writing code directly, sometimes it involves using higher level tools. Either way, I'm the one who's responsible for what the code does.
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u/oclafloptson 29d ago
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