Asklemmy

layman here.

probably because..

• it can sift through alot of garbage.
• its easy to use. and not complicated to understand its value.
• its useful. like a super search engine for idiots.
• it can probably automate alot of jobs. also it can probably correct or coverup alot of gaping flaws that have existed for the last few decades.
• there's nothing else exciting going on right now.
• it is an interesting and valuable tool. progress has hit a point at which it is hard to ignore the achievements.

** relating to LLMs/chatgpt types. snarky, opinionated, and somewhat speculative, subjective review!

As a programmer, I think it’s scary how AI is now able to write functioning programs out of natural language input now. Sure, it’s not perfect. It’s still pretty mediocre at the task. But a few years ago this was way outside the realm of possibility.

It can even correct the code it has written if there’s any error (with varying results).

What will happen in five years time? Ten years? My fear is that it will only need to be “good enough” to replace most of the programmer’s work. Unlike self driving cars, where “good enough” isn’t good enough.