Developers on AI coding: many are enthusiastic and now feel more like architects than construction workers, some say software jobs openings may grow, and more
Lately, Manu Ebert has been trying to keep his A.I. from humiliating him. — I recently visited Ebert, a machine-learning engineer …
New York Times Clive Thompson
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@davidcrespo
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good but almost disappointing in a way when the NYT feature gets it right in every detail. guess Clive Thompson (husband of Emily Nussbaum, TIL) knows his subjects. wonderful synopsis
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Clive Thompson wrote about coding with AI agents. “Software developers point out that coding has a unique quality: They can tether their A.I.s to reality, because they can demand the agents test the code to see if it runs correctly.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
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A NYTimes Magazine article paints a mostly rosy picture of AI coding.
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Coding after coders: the end of computer programming as we know it