Exactly. They ARE "glorified autocomplete" in an ontological sense. That says nothing about capability or outcome. The people who come out swinging against that characterization usually ignore the whole ontological argument (which is...the entire point) and go after an outcome-based strawman.

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ameliaquining an hour ago | parent [-]

Isn't the outcomes question the one that people actually care about in most contexts?

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argee an hour ago | parent [-]

Depends. "Most" implies majority, and the majority of people are using these tools not for programming but in contexts where ontology is more relevant than capability (not that capability is irrelevant, but most people care, or are tricked into caring, far more about the former).

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ameliaquining an hour ago | parent [-]

Sorry, what contexts are these?

	▲	argee 29 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Sorry, this discussion is too incommensurable for me.