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by gtCameron 502 days ago
My 9 year old can sit down with the Replit Agent and make a simple game that entertains her for hours.

She couldn't make a business application and go out and start selling subscriptions, but there are whole categories of tools that can be created that are ultra simple CRUD apps that bring specific value to one person. Code quality and/or understanding how it works is irrelevant for that use case.
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thefz 501 days ago
> Code quality and/or understanding how it works is irrelevant for that use case.

Until you encounter an error that needs debugging, or you want to extend their functionality.

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rmdashrfv 502 days ago
How much is this saying when just a couple decades ago a 9 year old could imagine that a broomstick was a sword and that they were fighting knights on the battlefield?

A child can fill in tons of gaps with their animation (see: Rugrats). We're talking about "is AI good enough to enable a 100% non-technical user able to create software on the fly without the non-technical user losing patience?" This is the discussion.

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