[haswell]

This is a bit beside the point. They also use dishes instead of leaves, presumable a modern axe instead of a piece of stone, etc.

To me it’s about finding the sweet spot between staying connected to the thing that you’re doing for the purpose of keeping life interesting/fulfilling and utilizing your time wisely.

Driving stick is like shooting manual photos. Not necessary in 2023, but can be a lot more fun than the alternative, and enables levels of control that cannot be found with automated solutions.

Choosing to walk is like choosing to forego fire altogether.

[jebarker]

My point is that AI is just a tool for programming and that I see it as more comparable to the difference between walking and driving than the difference between driving stick and automatic.

[haswell]

Eh, I can’t really agree, but I suppose this is relative to each person’s interests.

To me, the analogy to walking would be like foregoing the computer entirely and using an abacus, or sticks in the sand.

The end result of writing code manually or automatically is still a program made from code that must be maintained. Some people like more control over the code.

The end result of using an automatic or manual transmission is still driving. Some people like more control over the operation of the transmission because of the finer grained control over the output of the car that it enables.