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Ignoring lemmyhate, are programmers really using AI to be more efficient? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/programming@programming.dev

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I've seen a few articles saying that instead of hating AI, the real quiet programmers young and old are loving it and have a renewed sense of purpose coding with llm helpers (this article was also hating on ed zitiron, which makes sense why it would).

Is this total bullshit? I have to admit, even though it makes me ill, I've used llms a few times to help me learn simple code syntax quickly (im and absolute noob who's wanted my whole life to learn code but cant grasp it very well). But yes, a lot of time its wrong.

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[–] JakenVeina@midwest.social 5 points 2 days ago

Definitely depends on the sub-sector of the industry you're in. There's no shortage of stories of people who swear by it, or who are having it forced on them by management.

Me personally' I've never wanted or been pressured to use it, and I work for a company with "AI" in the damn name. To be fair, though, this company was around doing general machine-learning stuff before the current LLM craze exploded. Also, I work with a small team that was only bought by this company a few years ago, and thus far has been allowed to remain practically independent. Also also, the business domain my team works in is finance and accounting, where there's bot much practical application for ML, and where you REALLY can't afford to fuck around and find out, with business data.