alt Hacker NewsMany many people care more than the end product, for example whether a shirt is made of cotton with the forced labor, carbon emissions of public transport, etc.
In terms of engineering software, you care the cost. An intelligent agent may try to read unnecessary files and it's time to stop it to save tokens and avoid polluting the context.
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usef- • today at 7:57 AM
He didn't advocate for being completely blind in every way. You might care about working conditions without understanding how the textiles, dyes or cotton production works.
These non-programmers probably shouldnt use computers at all, right, since they don't understand them?
I doubt that it is more efficient for someone to routinely watch every line of output or stop to review terminal commands, rather than waiting for the turn to complete.
It is a broader debate about agentic AI, and whether one should relinquish control to the tool rather than aim for full understanding of every action taken.
The people arguing for a hands-on, fully in control approach are losing ground by the week, in my opinion.