> But if you like making computers do things, and you get joy from making computers do more and new things, then LLMs that can write programs are a fantastic gift.

Maybe currently if you enjoy social engineering an LLM more than writing stuff yourself. Feels a bit like saying "if you like running, you'll love cars!"

In the future when the whole process is automated you won't be needed to make the computer do stuff, so it won't matter whether you would like it. You'll have another job. Likely one that pays less and is harter on your body.

> Software engineers been automating our own work since we built the first assembler.

The declared goal of AI is to automated software engineering entirely. This is in no way comparable to building an assembler. So the question is mostly about whether or not this goal will be achieved.

Still, nobody is building these systems _for_ me. They're building them to replace me, because my living is too much for them to pay.

> IMHO the bleeding edge of what’s working well with LLMs is within software engineering because we’re building for ourselves, first.

How are we building _for_ ourselves when we literally automate away our jobs? This is probably one of the _worst_ things someone could do to me.

In the grand scheme of things? Yes.

It's not even that enjoyable to review AI slop all day. So it's a brief and unejoyable era before the long and miserable era.