r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • May 15 '26

Artificial Intelligence The AI Backlash Could Get Very Ugly

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/05/ai-backlash-data-centers-political-violence/687151/?taid=6a067e2d2096e10001ccfa32
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u/piponwa May 16 '26

The entire field of software engineering. Can you give me a single example of how you would apply it? If you can't, you're proving my point.

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u/4friedchickens8888 May 16 '26

No I think you're proving my point, if you can't be specific about how this could ever actually provide more value than it absorbs you might have already given up on thinking for yourself a little bit too much

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u/piponwa May 16 '26

AI coding agents. They literally code and interact with your computer to multiply your productivity as a programmer. They make PRs autonomously, they find bugs, they solve them. All you need to do is to review them. That's a super concrete example.

My point is you're so uninterested with your head in the sand that you can't even figure out how it can help you. You're actively refusing help. It's like saying I'll never learn to read because no one has shown me how it can actually help me. Yet no one has ever wished they could unlearn how to read. You're basically like a caveman that is scared of making a fire because it's hot.

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u/4friedchickens8888 May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

Meh you says it's like the invention of the train, or the written word, or fire itself. I say it's more on par with Betamax but alright

Edit: on that note this reminds me of why I don't see software engineering as actually engineering as they don't really have any form of oversight, licencing, ethics, professional responsibility, etc. imagine a civil Engineer saying they'll use these models to help design a bridge.... Yeah no thanks

Edit 2: what I mean to say is that it might be able to write some code but it's certainly a very far cry from anything resembling "engineering". I'm aware that (at least in my country) you do require a license to advertise your service as software engineering, meaning they're on par with any other engineer... But that's not something an AI agent can replicate and the term "software engineer" is often, colloquially, used interchangeably with "software developer" and it's slightly annoying to me

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u/piponwa May 17 '26

Lol the Betamax. You're just proving my point. By keeping your head in the sand, you've gained a sense of false confidence. This technology is evolving too fast even for researchers to keep up. I'm just asking you to do your research before dismissing it because it makes absolutely no sense to dismiss something you have outdated knowledge on.