Edit: I think it was called "Herbception"s after Herb Sutter, and it really sounded like a good idea to me
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Edit: I think it was called "Herbception"s after Herb Sutter, and it really sounded like a good idea to me
Edit: Also would be nice to adopt move and copy semantics even closer to C++ and maybe need less explicit moves, and ideally less mess with calling __xdtor when trying to do RAII
People generally don't like the AI using their code for a few reasons, one is replacement, like an AI can just copy your project without attribution. Two is that it feels like you are providing value for a soulless corporate machine without compensation.
If a person uses your code you get maybe happy that it was useful and maybe something cool gets made out it. If an AI uses your work it feels like you just did free labor.
I don't feel like Andrew made any particularly great points, but comments both here and on the youtube link have mentioned really liking that point.
There were decades of software written before modern LLMs, and a lot of people choose to hand write their software as a form of maintaining their skill. Just like people practice martial arts even though we have guns.
If you reflect on your words, you might see another side to this.
During COVID I had the wonderful opportunity to remote into a work computer that had a Matlab license and watch the screen slowly paint in. Each keystroke took multiple seconds to display for me.
There should be a decent amount left as sulfuric acid.
If anything it is more of a Chimera