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by vkou 285 days ago
People say this, but you'll know it's real or not when the world will drown in a mountain of AI-authored shovelware from non-engineers.
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To be fair, we are currently drowning in a mountain of AI-written blogspam that makes using most popular search engines nearly impossible to find basic information. And honestly I am sure the app stores are full of apps that nobody wants and nobody uses because who needs another calculator or alarm clock app?
You won't find me arguing that AI can't dramatically speed up the process of a bad writer writing dreck, or somewhat speed up the process of a good writer writing something worth reading.

The evidence isn't quite clear yet for software.