The people saying "anyone can build software now" often seem to mean "anyone can generate code now"... which is not quite the same thing

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coffeefirst 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Indeed. Anyone could always build software. Some people want to do it without actually learning anything or doing any work.

There are many things I wouldn’t mind doing without actually bothering to do the work, so I suppose I can relate.

	▲	netsharc 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I guess to use the car analogy, if the tech companies said they've made a robot that can fix your car, a car-ignorant will think the robot is all-capable and works as good as a mechanic. A lot of people don't know what writing software involves, and believe "AI can do it now!".

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victorbjorklund 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And when they point out the rare exception it’s always ”well, as a UX designer/product manager/etc I spent thousands of hours now working with AI to build products and if I don’t understand something then I ask the AI to teach me” - congratulations you haven’t replaced developers you just became one

	▲	mnky9800n 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		The truth to me is that ai in some ways makes coding more accessible even if the code it produces is labelled as bad

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vanrohan 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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