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Okay, so write an article about how the hammer companies are dumb. Don't write an article about how hammers can't drive nails.

Why is this complex?

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> Okay, so write an article about how the hammer companies are dumb

This is exactly how I interpreted the OP blog post: it is a great example of how companies are (mis)using AI given it's current abilities.

The article is literally titled, "AI can't even fix a simple bug," reinforces the claim that "the technology can’t understand a simple bug" multiple times, and willfully ignores all the good that it can do. Anyone who read this article without having experienced AI coding themselves would be grossly misled.

Sure, the article makes other good points, too.

But those points could be made without hyperbolic claims about what AI can and can't do, by everyone, not just this author

You missed half of the title.

The other half of the title is not what I'm complaining about, and has no effect on the inaccuracy of the first half of the title, which is what I'm complaining about

The other half of the title is significant; it puts the article into the context of criticizing business leaders for how they think about AI given its current capabilities, which is what you suggested.

Yes, but the author is inaccurate about its current capabilities

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