Yes, they could generate image, see it an iterate on thr result. All new frontier

Yeah, I think the point is that software has always moved by letting go of lower-level control in exchange for more leverage. We've been through this quite a few times already. We have outgrew many technologies and ways of working in this history

And I agree. The craft doesn’t disappear, it just moves from typing and debugging every detail to judgment, taste, testing, and shaping messy systems into something useful.

Wow, you’re speaking my mind.

I’ve been thinking the same thing. AI makes it possible for us to be generalists again. One person, or a small team of generalists, can create and build things in a more human way, with everyone putting a piece of their soul into it.

It lets us be more involved, have more impact, and not just be one tiny cog in a huge machine, working on a small piece you can barely identify with in the bigger picture.

I think this article is a good demonstration of how the nebulous concept of "taste" still dominates, despite AI taking over so much.

IMO -- and apparently the opinion of others -- adding an AI-generated picture every single paragraph in your article in which the primary purpose is to, presumably, discuss a topic rather than show off your AI-generated art, is in extremely poor taste. It's distracting, it makes it hard to focus on the text, and to be perfectly blunt, nobody is impressed by your ability to create pictures by AI.

>>> IMO -- and apparently the opinion of others -- adding an AI-generated picture every single paragraph in your article in which the primary purpose is to, presumably, discuss a topic rather than show off your AI-generated art, is in extremely poor taste. It's distracting, it makes it hard to focus on the text, and to be perfectly blunt, nobody is impressed by your ability to create pictures by AI.

I do respect your opinion, I did that intentionally and I want to keep it as my style. Using images extensively and use metaphorical language::))))

I'm going to get my nearly-6-year-old to do a picture for every single paragraph of my blog posts from now on.

At least they're real art, and he's way better on the Wacom tablet than I am.

Plus rather than boiling off half a dozen loads of laundry's worth of water and electricity, he'll do an hour or so of them on a glass of apple juice and a cheese and ham roll.

Also, your six year old actually learns stuff when doing this.

If he'd learn how to get the graphics tablet out of the mode where it just draws massive random-sized rainbow colour stars over everything when he's done with it, I'd consider that a bit of a win.

It's given a certain limitation to my art style because I can't figure it out at all.

In my opinion, there's no such thing as "learning how to use LLMs" You interact with those tools using natural language, and normal people learn how to use natural language when they're 2 or 3, and master it as they grow.

you're correct that being good with language is a useful skill for operating LLMs, and fortunately you get to practice and improve that skill whenever you work with an LLM. being well-read helps too, being precise with vocabulary is important and idioms/metaphors can pack a lot of semantic meaning into a few sentences.

just because you don't know how to swim doesn't mean people can't swim.

I know how to use AI, I just don't see the point.

Why is it supposed to be good?

...and it shows in the quality.

Thank you. I've put quite effort and tiem into it. Although it was generated

Local model or hybrid?

They can be monstrous cos they can take my job which means my money and identity partially

Pet projects can take your job?

Yeah, I mean, what happens when someone’s pet project grows into a giant that eats my company’s business?

Or when everyone can build their own pet to solve their own problem?

I easily with this irrational fear thoug, there are a lot of counter argument to that apocalyptic view)

Compete or die is the fundamental rule of business.

This comment amounts to "you said agentic coding is less engineering, but I think you're wrong"

But somehow it takes five times as many words to say that. It doesn't feel AI-written, but could this be an effect of habitual AI use, that it trains a person to write extra words to disguise what they are saying?

You see, I am jut not afraid of LLLs, or I can cope with my fear. They are just piece of technologies:)

Yes, they are just technology. And just like we shouldn't try to roll down the road like the wheel of a car, we shouldn't try to talk like LLMs.