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by satisfice 1286 days ago
I define a programmer as a human who mediates the gateway between the world of people and the world of machines. We are like lawyers hired to talk to genies on behalf of people who have been offered wishes.

AI is a dangerous and deceptive tool that requires wise and subtle nudging to make it work.

Results I have gotten from OpenAI are all terrible, for instance. I have to learn “prompt engineering” now. It just high level programming.

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I like to phrase this as "We are the managers of the automated workforce."