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zaphartoday at 2:16 PM3 repliesview on HN

Nearly every argument that hinges on the word "yet" is just an example of over-extrapolation[0] at play.

0: https://www.fallacyfiles.org/overxtra.html


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muldvarptoday at 3:03 PM

But saying "LLMs are not good at architecture so software engineering has a bright future" is _also_ extrapolation.

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iwiwktoday at 3:17 PM

Moreover we haven’t seen all the effects of today’s tech to understand the net benefits.

E.g ‘productivity’ is seemingly increasing but what is the effect on a firms financial position? It’s all speculative and experimental right now.

worldsayshitoday at 2:22 PM

You're probably on point there.