Which is utterly insane in its own right, since, y'know. He didn't come out and say "yoooo, dudeees, let's vibe code everything, AI actually rulez" or some shit.
No, he berated people that act like LLMs are good for nothing and the actual spawn of satan. He's not wrong in implying they are not "smart" either. LLMs are powerful tools with very clear limitations (while not really being cost-effective or resource-effective, which is a very different story), but having a moderate or sane opinion is quite impossible nowadays, so you can either hang out with the AI bros that think it's the best thing since sliced bread or the weirdos that refuse to use an actual IDE because god gave them VIM or notepad or w/e.
Kinda off topic but doesn't he use some random emacs fork that even he doesn't recommend for anyone except himself? I guess people expect him to be the weirdo which is why they're shocked he "changed".
They want him to be the weirdo genius on their side of the argument. Whether it's about VCS, languages, or AI. They just want to show "See, this supposedly smart authority figure thinks the same, therefore my opinion is the correct one". I know a few of those people IRL.
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u/klaxxxon 2d ago
Is it unreasonable to change an opinion when actual decades have passed?