Completely disagree. Programming is engineering. Almost all software in existence exists to solve problems, and almost all interaction with software are with the end product, rather than the code. For code to be qualify as art, the definition of art has to be diluted to the point of meaninglessness. Is an Ikea cabinet art too?

Even when models are capable of producing convincing illustrations in any style, it's still generally easy to tell what's AI generated most of the time due to lack of unique artist's style, taste, and meaning. There's nothing that makes an AI-generated piece of software worse than a human-written one.

Personally, I also hate my job less because of AI. I get to focus on solving actual problems, architecture, and code quality. Almost all pre-AI code at my company was just layers of hacks upon hacks. With AI, I actually get to write code that's up to my standards because doing things properly is nearly free in terms of time and effort.

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cmiles74 an hour ago | parent [-]

I think this is a stretch, many engineering feats are also been considered works of art. Bridges, homes, office buildings, etc. There is no reason not to consider software code, or the software itself, to be works of art.

Indeed, we have seen many instances of software that are well regarded as being works of art. Is the source code for that software somehow not art?

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		The 90s demoscene was a fascinating confluence of engineering, art, and informal competition. If you've ever been to a makerspace, those places tend to be ground 0 for engineering as art.
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		I would never consider any functional piece of software or its source code art. Something like brainfuck language and programs in it can be art-adjacent to me, but they don't fall under functional. Some buildings are works of art, but there are plenty that are clearly not. I doubt anyone considers a typical big box store or a commieblock art. To me, all functional software is equivalent to a mass-produced building on art scale.
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