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by amelius 343 days ago
Yes, but product designers can talk to the AI and they wouldn't need developers to implement their ideas.
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For some things, yes. For a lot of things, not really. Think of it like this: if product designers could just treat human software developers as idea -> code translators then we wouldn’t have developers making quite so many crucial decisions. Just translate the spec to code. But in reality engineers end up making the bulk of the decisions and often drive the product’s direction because of what is possible. Engineers also think up base tech that enables new products. An AI cannot stand in front of a radar dish with a sandwich in its pocket to discover microwave ovens.