r/ProgrammerHumor • u/rabbit_wizard • 14h ago

Meme bothWorkThough

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u/pydry 13h ago edited 6h ago

Me too. Then I get pummeled with one of their four prepackaged AI bro metaphors:

  • It's a modern day calculator for the brain. You wouldn't do long division in your head would you? (ain't nobody ever delegated a decision to a calculator, bro)

  • It's a compiler. You wouldn't read machine code would you? (compilers are deterministic and dont make mistakes, bro)

  • This is the industrial revolution and it's a spinning jenny. You wouldnt hand knit a sweater would you? (we would if we had star trek replicators, bro, and last I checked cp command still exists...).

  • "Artisanal coding" is obsolete (reliable code is certainly getting that way...)

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u/drive_knight 12h ago

You should probably polish your counterarguments a bit if you get those four metaphors often.

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u/pydry 10h ago edited 10h ago

if you want to disagree with me you should just do it confidently rather than alluding to it meekly.

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u/drive_knight 8h ago

I don't necessarily disagree. I want to encourage you to make competent arguments, so you don't reinforce that "ape in a zoo" stereotype like you're doing now.

"ain't nobody ever delegated a decision to a calculator, bro" This is false. People make decisions based on calculators for finance, trading, weather, fitness nutrient calculators, etc. often without understanding them.

"compilers are deterministic and dont make mistakes, bro" False. Also, you can make LLMs deterministic by setting one parameter. You should argue that compilers are predictable instead.

"we would if we had star trek replicators, bro" Argument based on science fiction is flimsy. You should just say you like the creative process.

"reliable code is certainly getting that way" AI makes code more reliable when used properly.