alt Hacker NewsDoes anyone else feel bad for people like this?
I had an interview with someone who has refused to use AI, and he has been unemployed for 2 years since graduating.
On the bright side, if my 6 year old can make 3D video games, I expect seasoned programmers to be able to pick it up quickly. I think ego is the hardest thing to break.
Serious question: do you think your 6 year old is learning coding from prompting an AI?
I have had excellent results from using AI, but it’s only because I understand what it is I’m asking it to look at, and know when it’s wrong. This is proven on a nearly daily basis at my job, where, with identical agents and prompts, I see designs being pushed with objectively incorrect facts, sub-optimal code in PRs, and a general explosion of slop. That tells me that it still very much matters if you know how to do the job without the help of robots.