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by throwatdem12311 2 days ago
Why is human-like behavior the standard for comparison? These things should be better than us that’s the entire point.

They should not be making the same mistakes that humans make that’s the half the reason for building tools.
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bensonperry 2 days ago
i mean this is the same thing as self-driving cars and all sorts of technology - humans are our benchmark, being better than a human and cheaper immediately unlocks massive value everywhere. if i can hire a human-level programmer for ~$100 USD per month, that is an incredible upgrade from that costing me ~$10k per month!
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throwatdem12311 2 days ago
Where’s all this supposed value being generated. What software is better? What is cheaper?

Nothing.

All lies.

Everything is actually worse.

Programmers got fooled into working harder and getting paid the same, if not less because the job market is so terrible now. Congrats you played yourself.

Saying you feel more productive is a worthless measure especially when these things are designed to gas you up and make you feel good.

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jochem9 2 days ago
Have you seen profits lately? The money is going to the shareholders. You hardly see it in the products you buy (they're the same, just more expensive) or in your wage going up.

This is not (just) AI, but generally speaking that's what's going on. Wage and profit have been out of tune for a long time and it's getting worse. [1]

Specifically on AI: maybe the job market is down because of AI (it plays a part in it). Then that's where the value is at: same output with less developers. Money straight in the pockets of the shareholders.

1. https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2017/04/12/drivers-of-...

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