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Linus be like:

  • "I only care about the final results and the correctness"
  • Me looks inside
  • Final results are shit and code is just slop

Ahhh, I love AI and Linus and how they're enshittifying everything /s

Seriously, how would anyone in their right mind think that AI can be used responsibly? The only acceptable level of AI use is zero or a negative number.

Linus Torvalds says AI is a great way to find joy in programming, when used responsibly
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[–] 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

All of my tools are:

  • Deterministic
  • Actually fucking work
  • Don't consume 5 small nations worth of power

AI has exactly zero of those properties. I like using tools that work, I ain't gonna use a combine harvester if it fails to harvest my crops while also using 5000 gallons of gas to drive in circles.

When I program, I know what I'm doing. That is a significant speed advantage because I get something that works the first time, is maintainable, and also exercises my brain so it doesn't turn into mush.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    Yes.

    I know how my tools work to some degree. I know when they get dull, become inefficient, and need sharpening, or grease, or cleaning.

    Because of that i can sometimes appraise alternative and new versions' advantages and disadvantages, and choose (with at least a semi-informed judgement) when an upgrade might be worth more than the transition/investment/retraining cost. I've got it wrong some times, and learned from those mistakes. I get better at managing risks with them.

    Some jobs i just know I'd better sharpen them more oftten, i can plan for that. I know how to maintain and even improve them. I can sometimes adapt them, or complementary systems, to make them better at specialised purposes.

    I mostly own them, especially the ones that i cherish; I have an incentive to maintain, upgrade and make complementary investments.

    I'm sure someone can do all that stuff with AI; but not me, so it's not a tool to me. Some of my tool requirements seem to be very far out of reach.

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