Tim O'Reilly's keynote/intro for OReilly's AI Codecon last week was pretty great. He talked about prior disruptors to the industry, each of which was preceded by warnings of the irreparable damage that we could expect. In every single case though; by making the field more approachable, MORE people were able to engage with programming and more advancements were made universally as there were new problems to solve and new ways to solve them. We also see the benefits of engineers from other industries bringing new eyes to old problems; and even more people looking for bespoke solutions to problems that have previously been handled offline.
There are real dangers more people need to be made aware of, but the real creative problem solving value that programmers deliver is not going anywhere.
Tim O'Reilly's keynote/intro for OReilly's AI Codecon last week was pretty great. He talked about prior disruptors to the industry, each of which was preceded by warnings of the irreparable damage that we could expect. In every single case though; by making the field more approachable, MORE people were able to engage with programming and more advancements were made universally as there were new problems to solve and new ways to solve them. We also see the benefits of engineers from other industries bringing new eyes to old problems; and even more people looking for bespoke solutions to problems that have previously been handled offline.
There are real dangers more people need to be made aware of, but the real creative problem solving value that programmers deliver is not going anywhere.