Guess where I am not going to buy games any more.

  • SitD@lemy.lol
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    1 day ago

    how is this even downvoted? every one of you knows that programming has some exciting moments but sometimes just a 50 lines very trivial and predictable text that has to be written by someone. i don’t see horses trying to pick up old carts to pull them around meaninglessly 😂

    • Sargon of ACAB@slrpnk.net
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      23 hours ago

      We’ve had predictive text and automation of boilerplate code for years without needing any generative AI.

      Hostility towards what is now colloquially called AI seems very justified to me. The costs to society, especially the environmental ones, can’t be justified by the meagre “benefits” it purports to offer.

      The biggest boons of generative AI I’ve see its champions mention (other than making horrifying imagery that makes someone feel like an artist with zero art involved) are cost-reduction and automating the “boring” parts.

      The cost-reduction seems unsustainable and mostly exists because these companies are operating at an enormous loss. A lot of the automation already existed and those “boring” tasks where also opportunities for junior coders to learn their trade.