[bigstrat2003]

> Think about how far we've come over the past three years.

I do, and that's why I am pretty damn certain the future of programming doesn't involve LLMs. We still haven't really improved them, even with three years of pouring resources into doing so. The models of today are still as stupid and unreliable as the models of three years ago. Given we haven't made significant progress on that in three years, I don't expect we will get significant progress in the future either.

[simondotau]

You are saying that LLMs have not meaningfully improved since 2023? If you want me to take that claim seriously, you will need to do more than merely assert it. I am not a mind-reader.

My current working theory for the seemingly irreconcilable differences between programmers' experiences with LLMs is grounded in their ability and willingness to explain what they want in sufficient detail. AI is not a mind-reader.