If machine intelligence is indeed a different form of intelligence, then it can be observed and judged on the basis of its own merits, as opposed to a messianic waiting for a moment where it might equal or eclipse (weakly defined) human intelligence. This would even render obsolete the question as to whether or not machines can think—which in itself willfully glosses over the corresponding opposite question, “Can humans think?” posed by the former Fluxus artist (and Emmett Williams collaborator) Tomas Schmit in the year 2000 (Schmit et al. 2007, 18–19). — Crapularity Hermeneutics: Interpretation as the Blind Spot of Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, and Other Algorithmic Producers of the Postapocalyptic Present. Florian Cramer.
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It really IS ridiculous. I even took a beginners coding class in high school. In the end, we will always needs programmers so if coding is your thing, keep doing it.
But I would personally rather construct a small home with my bare hands than learn to properly program. (I am not good at it...haha)
That's the key point I reckon "if coding is your thing" many people are trying to learn a complex thing they have no interest in.
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Yeah sorry that's my fault. I literally started to learn to code 2 months before all the articles started... Then all the YouTube videos were "no one will ever hire JR devs again!" and so I stopped. Since I've stopped it looks like the consensus has gone back to "learning to code is still a good idea."
I'll let other people enjoy a good life, so I won't try to learn it again and ruin it for everyone I'll stay in this shit factory lol
It is, it was and it will be a good idea. If you like coding, learn it.
I have a great deal of job security by not being a software engineer and knowing "how to code"
they love me at my job in supply chain b2b marketing because I can build an API connector to the DoT database, and build a simple savings calculator in WordPress that connects to hubspot and Salesforce, or I can parse 20 csvs and exclude all duplicates in python...
all low level stuff but if you don't know what a variable even is it seems like magic
It might be a little unintuitive, but that's actually called "high level" - "low level" is the exact opposite.
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See, if you were really smart, you'd learn how to engineer software to construct things. 😌
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More like there'll be more coding jobs because of how fucked up LLM-coding can be
I work in software development but I also have a second job as an arborists offsider because I'm pretty sure trees will never stop fucking growing.
Just in time to finish your uni degree which you started 3 years ago then...
No wonder business is complaining that uni grads are so unprepared and lost.
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Trades were being pushed 20 years ago
But programming is a good supplemental skill in every field
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