Is there an actual use-case for this fan-fiction-esque prediction of software that rewrites itself, or is this just promoting AI for the sake of promoting it only?

I get annoyed enough when software I use changes arbitrarily in ways that don't benefit me, I can't see LLM vibed software that changes itself based on what it thinks I need being an improvement at all. It just feels like it would be even more annoying.

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qubidt 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

My ideal software: buggy in ways you can't diagnose, for reasons you can't intuit, reproducible by literally no one in the world, and with no one to file a bug report to

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ToucanLoucan 13 hours ago | parent [-]

I love the idea of all software everywhere involving a die roll. Sounds like it'll be even more infuriating than most computing is right now.

	▲	degamad 13 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The BOFH is grinning in his cave.

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_alternator_ 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Simply put, yes, there are many use cases. Concrete example: Various timers with a better interface for the specific task I want to do (meditate, pomodoro, workout, etc) and no ads.

There’s no reason I really need those four different apps on my phone with a login and ads and tracking and 100 page terms of service.

Claude can write them for me today. It’s be even better if I just ask my phone for them and they pop up in a couple minutes.