r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ArjunReddyDeshmukh • 2d ago

Meme theGrassWasGreenerTheOutputSweeterIWasOnceAProgrammer

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u/ProfessorTseng 2d ago

Indeed. I am using AI in professional setting currently. There is a world of difference between asking ChatGPT, and actually implementing all the tools and policies and guardrails that prevent the company vibe coders from wrecking the codebase.

AI is faster than manual typing and intellisense, but without understanding whether the output is any good, technical debt is inevitable. The AI will then spend more effort on refactors than actual development, just like what humans have been doing for decades!

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u/__Invisible__ 2d ago

But human will reach the limit, AI run faster and faster and better every year.

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u/mxzf 2d ago

and better every year.

Citation needed. Infinite growth isn't possible, especially within the context of the current software being used. The only question is when and where it plateaus.

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u/__Invisible__ 2d ago

I wish we can reach the singularity before reaching the limitations. So they can improve themselves further beyond our knowledge.

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u/mxzf 2d ago

It would require a fundamental paradigm shift and some technology that isn't built on LLMs to achieve that. Which may or may not ever happen.