[ares623]

The productivity high folks get from using tools like Claude Code are the same as what one gets from learning a Lisp and using something like Emacs as the editor.

There is obviously a difference in capability, but do the cost differences scale linearly?

Maybe when the party is over, the lost will yearn for the parentheses to get just a shadow of that high back.

[cess11]

It's not "productivity" that sucks them in, it's the feeling of being seen by an apparently nice and subservient person.

[satvikpendem]

Lol, come on now, you think it's not productivity and only some sort of feeling of being acquiesced to?

[cess11]

Yes, absolutely.

[satvikpendem]

Tell that to all the AI users then because that's a ridiculous assertion that even some notable fraction use it for the purpose you're talking about, much less all. Most people simply use it for information, very few treat it like a person.

[cess11]

Why? The creator of ELIZA tried that, it didn't work then, why would it now?

We've had code generation tools for decades, abstracting over code generation has been a solved problem for a long time, and as it happens, this is not in itself a very rewarding practice except for a small segment of professional developers that get a kick out of the elegance of some technique or other.

The new thing about these chat bots is that they provide a feeling of being seen and appreciated, and unlike a coworker they seemingly carry very little risk of embarrassment, pain and so on while they also require very little effort compared to human relations.

[satvikpendem]

No, it's that they work extremely well at finding the specific information you're looking for. The vast majority of for example developers aren't using it to bond with a chatbot but to get work done.