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The Latest from Aaronontheweb: The Future of AI Belongs to Experienced Operators with Good Taste
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The Future of AI Belongs to Experienced Operators with Good TastePublished on March 27, 2025 in 14 minutes to read I have a lot of respect for Geoffrey Huntley. So when I read his blog posts about AI over the past couple of months: “Dear Student: Yes, AI is here, you’re screwed unless you take action…” and “The future belongs to people who can just do things” among others, I thought to myself - “am I missing something?” This image of his, in particular, summarizes his take on AI and the impact it’s going to have on the software development industry:
He’s essentially singing the same song that people who sell AI courses do: “if you’re not dropping everything to learn AI right now, you’re going to get left behind!” His conclusion to “The future belongs to people who can just do things” ends thusly:
Distribution, brand, et al are important - no doubt. The idea that any LLM, even ones with future capabilities, is a catch-all substitute for experience is laughable. In a world where typing in the right prompt to a chat window is “all you need” for “execution,” this actually makes idea guys even more commodified and worthless than they already are - and they’re already worthless. |
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I write about .NET, open source software, the Microsoft ecosystem, my adventures with startups, and outer space.
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