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0 pointsMaxMussio1d ago0 comments

Programming with the use of AI can still be seen as programming but at a different level of abstraction.

Depending on your "job to be done", you will prefer one level of abstraction or another.

Example from before AI: I've always hated javascript frameworks like nest.js because they were doing too much magic under the hood. But for a simple CRUD application in MVP, I'd might use it.

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Eliah_Lakhin1d ago

From the purely utilitary position maybe you are right, but my point was about arts and entertainment. Using the content generation tools might be useful in certain situations, but it's not joyful when the robots do the job for you.

Imaging that you purchase a video game, but then use LLM to play this game for you. Another example is Chess. Stockfish is more efficient than most Chess players, but playing Chess using programming assistant (even a little bit) is no longer a sport competition.

I also agree that not everyone like programming, and see it just as a job to be done.

MaxMussioOP1d ago

ow I see the arts and entertainment point, and it makes sense!

But I'm now wondering why programming with AI doesn't feel like art (which is totally true to me at this point)?

For me I'd say the answer is related to feeling in control. Either: - I don't know enough about using AI to code and feel I'm in control or; - the tools are not at the level I need to feel like I'm in control

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