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What has AI ruined for you?


AI has ruined my love of programming. AI is writing more code than ever and this takes the passion out of it. The algorithms that power sophisticated AI, perhaps the most important code out there, isn't written by humans or even understood by humans. And it's only a matter of a decade or two before nothing is written by humans, code or otherwise. People keep saying that the explosion of progress will just abruptly stop and the encroachments will stop but I can't agree with that no matter how hard I try because it has no basis in logic or fact. Every day I feel bitter about AI.

  👤 MrVandemar Accepted Answer ✓
> AI is writing more code than ever and this takes the passion out of it.

When you write code, you learn. When you write code, you grow. Your brain is doing things when you solve problems. Programming is not just the destination -- the product -- it's the journey.

I'm sure I can write something to solve my crossword puzzle in less than a second. But you know what, a completed crossword puzzle is pointless. It's the solving, not the product.

When you ask AI to write code, well, you learned you can press a button and get a thing.

> And it's only a matter of a decade or two before nothing is written by humans

We have mass-production and yet people still do their own woodwork, sometimes as a hobby, sometimes professionally.

👤 soueuls
It hasn’t ruined anything for me.

For now, AI is not good enough for me to use it (I only use Midjourney to generate illustrations)

The day it will be good enough I will just adapt and add it to my toolbox.

Problems will just become more complex.

I have no idea how we will be working but the universe is a vast topic, I don’t think we will all be sitting together, lamenting about how AI still everything.

👤 swatcoder
You’ve convinced yourself that you can see twenty years in the future. That’s not something people can do. You’re just feeding your own anxiety and frustration.

Time to disconnect and take a break from your doom feed, maybe. Make some pies or pitch a tent or something.

👤 t-3
Nothing. It's made many articles and comments here more obviously skippable, and I've seen some generically ugly pictures that are generated. Otherwise, I've ignored it and nothing has changed.
👤 starside
I think this is a bit premature. AI is nowhere close to being able to replace an engineer in almost any role. If that isn't the case for you, take on more ambitious roles.