This is the attitude of someone who uses hand tools when power tools are available. Yes you loose the personal touch but also loose the potential efficiency. Still need to measure twice and cut once though.

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wtetzner 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

I don't think this analogy really works. A power tool would be a programming language with a better set of abstractions, or a good library that solves a hard problem.

AI is like delegating to a junior programmer that never learns or gets better.

	▲	hxugufjfjf 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Or gets better all the time …

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js8 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't like your analogy because there are good reasons for amateurs not to use the power tools (for real-world crafting). They are expensive and you can hurt yourself easier. This is very unlike using AI to help you build something faster.

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dangus 4 days ago | parent [-]

The analogy still works and we get the idea.

Maybe a better analogy might be a car with an automatic transmission, although that doesn’t capture the pitfalls of AI very well. It could be argued that a good automatic transmission has none of the serious downsides that AI has.

Still, the general idea is sometimes getting stuff faster with less effort more automatically is more important than the “reward” of doing it yourself.

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fragmede 4 days ago | parent [-]

If we're bringing up cars, the parallel to draw is with GPS and navigation. Do I know how to get anywhere without technology to guide me? Have I broken my brain because I've offloaded navigation to technology?

	▲	yurishimo 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Eh it depends on a lot more factors. Perhaps at the most extreme side of the first time you take a new route. I use a GPS all the time, but only because it also shows me traffic, red light cameras, and potential hazards. I memorized the route after the first 2-3 drives but I keep using the gps for the amenities. That said, I’m old enough to have used printed map directions and my time in Boy Scouts gave me the skills to read a paper map too.

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bentaber 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Loose vs lose. Ask the llm

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