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simonw • yesterday at 9:09 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

I think people who understand how computers and software work will be better positioned to generate those new ideas.


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benatkin • today at 12:14 AM

It will be faster to understand it, which will make it less valuable. I think I could point something like this to a curious AI software builder without a CS degree and tell them to have AI explain it and they could make up a significant chunk of what they're missing by not having a CS degree. https://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html

bluefirebrand • yesterday at 9:47 PM

In my experience, new ideas are mostly generated by people who are involved in non-software stuff

A software engineer isn't going to come up with a revolutionary new mining technique or robot or something. But someone who works at a mine might. Previously those people would go find a software engineer to try and validate their idea. Now they will go to AI

I dunno. Maybe I'm wrong, but I just don't see software engineers as being the best people to generate a lot of new ideas for domains outside of software engineering

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