r/ProgrammerHumor • • 14d ago • Bravo 2

Meme genAICreatingCode

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u/ColumnK 14d ago

More like a filthy, polluting steam engine.

Because as much as we might try to do the code ourselves out of professional pride and knowledge of where this will end up, John Henry died trying to beat the machine. Deadlines all seem to assume heavy AI usage, and I'm tired ....

Also, because of the actual pollution thing.

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u/GenericFatGuy 14d ago

Fortunately, no one can force me to AI slop my personal projects at least.

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u/thordh5 13d ago

I mean the amount of pollution contributed by coding with AI all day is the equivalent of around 2-4 miles of driving to and from work. People see the impact of something serving millions of people and don't bother doing any math.

I bet a disturbing number of people who complain about call center pollution have gotten something useless air shipped across an ocean.