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They're throwing billions upon billions into a technology with extremely limited use cases and a novelty, at best. My god, even drones fared better in the long run.
Nah, generative ai is pretty remarkably useful for software development. I've written dozens of product updates with tools like claudecode and cursorai, dismissing it as a novelty is reductive and straight up incorrect
I weep for your customers
As an experienced software dev I'm convinced my software quality has improved by using AI. More time for thinking and less time for execution means I can make more iterations of the design and don't have to skip as many nice-to-haves or unit tests on account of limited time. It's not like I don't go through every code line multiple times anyway, I don't just blindly accept code. As a bonus I can ask the AI to review the code and produce documentation. By the time I'm done there's little left of what was originally generated.
Then your software quality was extreme shit before. It's still shit, but an improvement. So, yay "AI", I guess?
That seems like just wishful thinking on your part, or maybe you haven't learned how to use these tools properly.
They're all pretty fired up at the update velocity tbh 🤷
As someone starting a small business, it has helped tremendously. I use a lot of image generation.
If that didn’t exist, I’d either has to use crappy looking clip art or pay a designer which I literally can’t afford.
Now my projects actually look good. It makes my first projects look like a highschooler did them last minute.
There are many other uses, but I rely on it daily. My business can exist without it, but the quality of my product is significantly better and the cost to create it is much lower.
Your product is other people's work thrown in a blender.
Congrats.
Yeah he should be using real art like stock photos and shitty clip art
If their business can't afford to pay someone qualified to do the work, the business shouldn't exist.
I can stand by this for an established business. But we live in a capitalist society where you need money to make money. Until that changes, your ability to pay for work doesn't have any bearing on the value of your new business venture.
Wait til you realize that's just what art literally is...
I don't think any designer does work without heavily relying on ai. I bet that's not the only profession.