manton
manton

Simon Willison:

Quitting programming as a career right now because of LLMs would be like quitting carpentry as a career thanks to the invention of the table saw.

This analogy works in a couple different ways. You can ignore the table saw if you love the craft of creating with hand tools. You can use the table saw where it saves time and still be proud of the end result.

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matthewlang
matthewlang

@manton That’s a great analogy. I must admit, I do struggle with the future of my career as a web developer but I have embraced LLMs as a tool rather than a competitor. It’s working out so far, but there will come a time when LLMs will do most of the work.

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