I’ve been trying to argue, from a fairly expert viewpoint, that AI can’t improve programming. Most of the front-facing web code is already programs generated by programs. The big platforms like browsers and operating systems DO NOT NEED MORE CODE OR MORE FEATURES. Windows desperately needs VASTLY LESS FEATURES so it won’t slow down workflow.
Today WordPress added a perfect example. Screenshot from my typing in previous item:
This little Ask AI button occupies the lower right corner, so it’s always covering up the leading edge of your typing.
The only way AI could improve my experience is to GET THE FUCK OUT AND STAY THE FUCK OUT.
Not incidentally, Microsoft promised it was going to start simplifying. So far the promise is fake. The next scheduled updates are more added crap, not subtracted crap.
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