Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: More Lazy(?) Programmers Are Seduced By AI Date: 24 Sep 2026 01:24:54 GMT Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <18d7bd7e3b290a97$107$2277794$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <11911vm$1vull$1@dont-email.me> <18d819b22d226b70$314$1872532$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net EwHzsCSrXlU81ZRZYtyzrQ1O8NPAEkiXQ52FYyGRsNVci05uiz Cancel-Lock: sha1:/s7UH8jou4pyQEMrMQmW2Ma3cCQ= sha256:kdwzgpWvc8IYdSBYU1e74cumiMXwe2AxZCYEzdU1kk8= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:92050 On Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:18:24 +0000, Leroy H wrote: > On Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:24:04 +0200, John Bokma wrote: > > >> AI is just a tool. A competent programmer is someone who makes the most >> of their tools. >> >> > This tool, however, requires a multi-trillion dollar infrastructure. > > I wouldn't call that a very efficient tool. > > Just study the manuals and save a few trillion. If it were a relatively neutral technology that would be judged on its own merits that would be one thing. So far it has drastically raised the price of memory and other semiconductors upsetting the electronics markets. It has siphoned off investment as people want to get on the get rich quick bandwagon. The associated data centers don't bring long term employment gains to the communities where they are located. There will be short term construction jobs but it requires very few people to run a data center. The rent-a-cops outnumber the technicians. The demands for power and cooling tax the infrastructure and will probably raise rates for consumers despite the promises. I'm not a Chicken Little but if the bubble bursts. as bubbles tend to do, it won't be pretty.