> If anything we're the last generation that knows how to debug and work through issues.
I suspect that comment might soon feel like saying "not too worried about assembly line robots, we're the only ones who know how to screw on the lug nuts when they pop off"
I don't even see the irony in the comparison to be honest, being the assembly line robot controller and repairman is quite literally a better job than doing what the robot does by hand.
If you're working in a modern manufacturing business the fact that you do your work with the aid of robots is hardly a sign of despair
I don't claim it's a sign of despair. Rather, it's a boots-dug-in belief that one does is special and cannot be done autonomously. I think it's wholly natural. Work, time, education ... these operate like sunk costs in our brains.
I think what we're all learning in real-time is that human technology is perpetually aimed at replacing itself and we may soon see the largest such example of human utility displacement.
Heh, yeah. But the llm in this instance only wrote 99% after the author guided it and prompted over and over again and even guided it how to start certain lines. I can do that. But can a beginner ever get to that level when not having that underlying knowledge?
I suspect that comment might soon feel like saying "not too worried about assembly line robots, we're the only ones who know how to screw on the lug nuts when they pop off"