| I think the genie gets put back in the bottle, at least partly. I don't think the future is massive data centers running at a staggering loss to generate questionable code. The future is rethinking IDEs to have local models work in partnership with the developer to ease tedium and catch mistakes. A model that maintains a visual, zoomable mind-map of the entire project, with two way binding. Code can be created visually or textually, same with data flows. Project structure and architecture are presented in high-level ways, that can be easily altered and refactored with almost zero tedium. I think we start using AI for what it's good for: pattern matching and transformation, and stop trying to make it reason and pretend like it's a human. Once we, as an industry, figure this out we'll unlock a massive boost in quality and productivity, but it looks like there will be some painful times ahead before everyone realizes that the token extrusion machines are only increasing the total cost of ownership, and they are being used incorrectly when we try to outsource our thinking to them. I think there's an enormous opportunity to build these tools right now, and that whoever nails it will win. |