alt Hacker News> I think the proportion of new software that is novel has absolutely plummeted after the advent of AI.
We were not awash in novel software before AI (say last decade in 2019).
I can only assume what you're really trying to say is "AI bad".
> I think the proportion of new software that is novel has absolutely plummeted after the advent of AI.
We were not awash in novel software before AI (say last decade in 2019).
I can only assume what you're really trying to say is "AI bad".
> I can only assume what you're really trying to say is "AI bad".
Lmao rarely have I seen a strawman so clearly announced.
No, if you want me to be more precise, it’s that generative AI is limited by its (1) its training corpus and (2) the amount of effort put into its prompts. I don’t think either of those statements are controversial to even the biggest AI bull, but let me know otherwise.
Following from (1) and (2), it takes little effort for even the most milquetoast vibe coder to produce something that there are millions of training examples of, and require very little specification in terms of prompting: TODO CRUD React Apps.
That’s not to say that it’s impossible to create compelling content or code with AI, it’s just why go through the effort if all you need is a TODO CRUD React App to e.g. make a grocery list or create a “Show HN”.