If we go this way, then we should also adapt compilers to include random variation in the code that they generate, so that the same source code on the same version of the compiler won't always produce the same output.

You now, if LLMs are the golden standard for how we want all the world to work, we take the things that are really bad ideas for programming in LLMs and implement them in our compilers too.

Geez, what a silly over reaction. AI translation is freaking amazing, and today is the worst it will be. Just put a disclaimer that the translation is the best available at this time and will be improved over time. The "I've canceled my subscription ire" is ai-phobia.
Oh là là, quelle réaction excessive et idiote. La traduction par IA est carrément incroyable, et aujourd'hui est le pire niveau qu'elle atteindra. Il suffit de mettre un avertissement disant que la traduction est la meilleure disponible actuellement et qu'elle s'améliorera avec le temps. Cette colère du style "j'ai annulé mon abonnement", c'est de l'IA-phobie.
Vaya, qué reacción exagerada tan tonta. La traducción por IA es malditamente increíble, y hoy es lo peor que va a estar. Solo pon un aviso de que la traducción es la mejor disponible en este momento y que mejorará con el tiempo. Esa ira de "he cancelado mi suscripción" es simple IA-fobia.
Meine Güte, was für eine alberne Überreaktion. KI-Übersetzung ist wahnsinnig toll, und heute ist sie so schlecht, wie sie nie wieder sein wird. Setz einfach einen Disclaimer drunter, dass dies die aktuell beste verfügbare Übersetzung ist und sie mit der Zeit verbessert wird. Dieser Zorn à la Ich habe mein Abo gekündigt‘ ist reine KI-Phobie.
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Thanks for posting a sane engineering response.
There is an argument to be made that AI processing is not democratized yet. Weâ(TM)re living in the world of mainframes again. At some point the power of Claude Opus or its relative will be in the palm of our hands, but weâ(TM)ve been here before and survived.
Another aspect of AI coding is that it is breaking down the roles within work. Especially with senior staff who had moved away from programming to maybe more planning or systems work. Now those people can contribute at the code level. This is new. It used to be that when your boss contributed code you either were in awe - because they were still a serious coder - or you rolled your eyes. Taking the example of Steve Jobs - he commanded but he never tried to produce the demos. Now he could. Handling that output or input is going to be new for organizations and also for the contributors. They now have to produce that PR and have it reviewed (maybe by AI haha) but also, and this is new, they should take responsibility for the contribution.

I am probably going to need to go with #3

Ah yes, a "David vs. Goliath" struggle for identity story. But from a purely economic and developmental standpoint, the "anti-AI" narrative ignores the massive opportunity costs and the broader benefits of these investments. This trend isn't a sign of bad things, it's a sign of progress and something good. I'm not surprised though when journalists write this junk as they themselves are in the AI crosshairs. Anyway, a few points - this is perhaps the largest potential wealth injection to rural areas for, well, forever. Just look at the sheer scale of the capital being offered: When a farmer is offered $120,000 per acre for land that might typically value at $5,000 to $10,000, that is a life-changing wealth event - not just for the farmer, but for that whole local economy. Datacenters are massive contributors to local property taxes and they don't put a strain on local schools or emergency services (since nobody lives in them). To support a 2.2-gigawatt project, the "unnamed company" would likely fund massive upgrades to the local power grid and fiber-optic networks, which benefits every other business in the county. Then how about the terrible taking 40,000 acres of farmland out of production? That's going to threaten food security, right? The U.S. has roughly 895 million acres of farmland. Even if the projected 40,000 acres are used for datacenters over the next five years, that represents only 0.004% of total U.S. agricultural land. That's even without accounting for yield improvement that could come from precision agriculture (powered by AI!). Historically, every Industrial Revolution has required land - railroads, freeways, factories. Datacenters are just factories of today. They are where work gets done. Ida Huddleston has every right to refuse a sale, but these kind of BS articles frame her refusal as a "win" for the community. In reality datacenter construction creates thousands of high-paying trade jobs (electricians, HVAC, steelworkers) and hundreds of permanent technical roles. My neighbor, who is a union electrician is currently in Oregon working on a datacenter. By blocking industrial development, these Luddite stances can lock rural communities into a cycle of declining populations and shrinking tax bases as younger generations move to cities for tech-adjacent work. It all sounds so homey, motherhood and apple pie-ish, but actually, this is a sign of massive opportunity. I used to live in a paper mill town and it stank. But the locals told me it smelled of money. Time to sell up, take the cash, and be happy knowing you're helping progress!

For the non nerds reading this, the Kobayashi Maru is a training exercise in the Star Trek universe designed as a no-win scenario. The goal is to test a cadet's character in the face of certain death. According to canon, James T. Kirk is the only person to ever "beat" the simulation by reprogramming the simulation so that it was possible to rescue the stranded ship. When accused of cheating, Kirk’s logic was that he changed the conditions of the test. In the corporate world, if the goal is "Problem Solving," the person who changes the conditions to find a faster, more accurate solution isn't a cheater - they are an innovator. KPMG failed their own test IMO.

...if the thing you're enshittifying is already bullshit?

"Remove the advertising"?

Isn't advertising the whole business model of most tech companies nowadays?

RIGHT?????

It goes on the LEFT!

But, yes, I agree with you that vertical space is much more of a premium now than horizontal space given the aspect ratios of monitors nowadays. It was different back in the 1980s when a lot of the UI conventions we still stick with were first established.

"And they also make mistakes without batting a virtual eyelash. So you can't trust anything that they generate." - woah! That's damning! Thank goodness that doesn't apply to humans!

Seriously, anyone who is down on this technology needs to hand in their nerd/geek card and go and start shouting at clouds. That goes for Slashdot readers too. The handwringing over a technology by middle aged men is, just sad. This tech is transforming, dirty, gritty, and messed up. It's like the Internet used to be. If you can't handle it, then be honest, your world view is outdated and you've become your parents.

I love how Microsoft has to plan an initiative for four months to say that they will be paying their electricity bills.

I still have a Vic-20 in my garage. Maybe I should get it back out!

What I want is an AI Razor, not Razer, that will shave AI off of all the places where it's grown.

...but the inevitable firing of this person when bad things happen and this person failed to stop them, will allow OpenAI to say "see! Look! We're doing something about how terrible we are!"

Zillow is an effective monopoly on internet real-estate listings, that is bad.

Google is an effective monopoly on anything internet search related that it decides to dip its fingers into, that is worse.