[altmanaltman]

Wait a second, you say its not coding thats getting democratized. It is the "ability to create" software... hm i wonder what would be the ability to write software? Maybe something like software engineering?

Also your example with Ferrari is completely flawed, and I dont give a fuck about what investment bankers think or do. What are you even talking about here?

Please explain the first part more than you hand waved away to make a completely unrelated metaphorical case. What is the ability to create software if not software engineering? How are both different?

[brookst]

The whole point of AI coding is (partial) decoupling of software from human coding.

You might as well ask what the ability is to create arbitrary images to any specification, if not painting? But AI image gen is not painting.

It’s painful and confusing to those who’ve mistaken the tool for the product. Why, you ordered that pizza for delivery, that’s not cooking! No, but it is eating.

Same thing with software. Some people just want the outcome, not the process, and it’s pointless to whinge about how it’s somehow less legitimate.

[fastforwardius]

You can make coffee by brewing it or by using Nespresso.