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>Suffice it to say that the gap between programmers and non-programmers in how they think and understand the process of developing software is enormous, and too large to bridge.

Programmers speak programming languages. Common men speak human languages.

Incidentally, this is also why "AI" became such a big hit with the masses in such a short period of time: For the first time ever, common men can communicate with computers using human languages instead of programming languages.

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> Programmers speak programming languages. Common men speak human languages.

Thats just a stereotype.

Lawyers speak legalese, managers speak managerial, electricians speak electrical, designers speak design languages, and politicians speak bullshit. And all of those languages can be employed/"translated" by "AI", there is no difference.

Or to put it another way, it all depends on the context. If you don't want to be understood by others you'll just come out as an asshole, and rightly so, whatever your profession.

If you aren't aware, the word "jargon" is the term for industry-specific language. It will organically evolve in any industry for a reason but it can be used intentionally or unintentionally to condescend to others outside that industry.

That is kind of tangential to software architecture, user interface and product development, the activities that define what the software will do. Speaking “human language” (aka user-centered design) is the utmost focus at this level.

Reducing such issues to “normal people can’t understand programmers” would be best left as a trope from the early 2000s.

> For the first time ever, common men can communicate with computers using human languages instead of programming languages.

Was the same phrase used when compilers appeared? Or SQL?

Common men are not communicating using AI, but AI is generating plausible-sounding corporate-speak faster and better than common men.

Let me put it this way then: "AI" allows common men to ask a computer questions using human languages, instead of using a string of esoteric keywords and symbols arranged in a way a computer understands (aka programming languages).

If you don't see or understand the true value behind that, well, I suppose you're a programmer.

I don't see any common men programming with AI. I see AI doing all the common man office jobs. It's great at generating emails, slide decks and spreadsheets.

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