There are no correct applications. Even if you accept the dubious claim that its good at coding it would not be good enough to justify the actual non-subsidized costs of using it. Its not just CEOs noting a lack of substantial productivity gains from LLM coding assistants, there are at least a few studies floating around that have examined it.
Unless you want programming to become nothing but rich MBAs paying Anthropic to turn diesel fuel and your local power grid into vibe coded slop, you should be against AI coding on principle alone.
Agree, the current market is warping the value argument.
I am specifically arguing against the use of AI by MBAs. It’s when it is used by the unqualified, when it is at its most problematic.
The same thing happened in accounting when it first started getting computerised. Suddenly a bookkeeper had the power to affect not just the transactions they were processing, but the entire accounting system. It also happened with managers poking around in systems they did not have proper expertise to use. The solution was not to ban the use of computers in accounting. It was introducing systems and controls around them.
There are no correct applications. Even if you accept the dubious claim that its good at coding it would not be good enough to justify the actual non-subsidized costs of using it. Its not just CEOs noting a lack of substantial productivity gains from LLM coding assistants, there are at least a few studies floating around that have examined it.
Unless you want programming to become nothing but rich MBAs paying Anthropic to turn diesel fuel and your local power grid into vibe coded slop, you should be against AI coding on principle alone.
Agree, the current market is warping the value argument.
I am specifically arguing against the use of AI by MBAs. It’s when it is used by the unqualified, when it is at its most problematic.
The same thing happened in accounting when it first started getting computerised. Suddenly a bookkeeper had the power to affect not just the transactions they were processing, but the entire accounting system. It also happened with managers poking around in systems they did not have proper expertise to use. The solution was not to ban the use of computers in accounting. It was introducing systems and controls around them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Productivity_paradox