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"Quitting programming as a career right now because of LLMs would be like quitting carpentry as a career thanks to the invention of the table saw. " - Simon Willison

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Quitting programming as a career right now because of LLMs would be like quitting carpentry as a career thanks to the invention of the table saw.

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npub13mjz...8hs2 11 months ago

I mean, there is the difference that saws are actually useful for carpentry.

npub1frvx...9w7z 11 months ago

Not a great a analogy, except if the carpenter is Harry Potter and table saws are dancing to his will.

jennifer dupont 🌸 jennifer@nostr.land 11 months ago

Simon says don’t quit.

Sebastix _@sebastix.dev 11 months ago

A good friend of me is using his carpentry skills to make beautiful custom made stairs.

Kayne kayne@nostrcheck.me 11 months ago

Idk man I've never seen a table saw make slop.

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Kayne kayne@nostrcheck.me 11 months ago

A better analogy would be "It's like quiting the infantry after artillery and tanks were invented in WWI" You could probably make more money today as a programmer just fixing bad AI generated code for people than you could working on your own projects I reckon, by a long shot. So much AI slop code that needs fixing

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Rand 11 months ago

MIX*****

rabble rabble@nos.social 11 months ago

Oh you need to explore home renovation YouTube more.

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Pedro 🧨 _@pedromvpg.com 11 months ago

True! Tools make slop easy too.

Danny danny@arx-ccn.com 11 months ago

Honestly someone COULD seriously make bank doing that "I take your AI generated slop prototype code and turn it into a real application written by humans"

Quantum Panhandler 11 months ago

LLM’s are more like the low wage illegals in construction that will take your job.

npub1jyzj...uc45 11 months ago

Nah, wrong path man

rieger_san 11 months ago

I’m not even worried that LLMs will take my job, because they can’t. It’s the same silly hype like blockchain in 2017

ButtercupRoberts buttercuproberts@nostrplebs.com 10 months ago

I’m Curious, how do you think that quote applies to artists and llms? Does it?

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Eric FJ 🪬⚡️ ericfj@my.conduit.market 10 months ago

Yup…

Eric FJ 🪬⚡️ ericfj@my.conduit.market 10 months ago

Same thing. Do something incredible with the tools you never could before. Widen the scope of your vision.

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ButtercupRoberts buttercuproberts@nostrplebs.com 10 months ago

Is it widening the scope or shifting the scope? For example friends who shoot and work creating films, vs using synthetic filmmaking. very different industries and jobs expand depending precisely on those tools. Same for musicians, painters, etc… Simply thinking about this a lot lately

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Eric FJ 🪬⚡️ ericfj@my.conduit.market 10 months ago

Probably both!