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OK, given this post from @catsalad, should we view AI code generators as: https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/110816966311014994
Is there a kind of mortgage where it’s 0% interest for a couple of months, and then you have to make a balloon payment of 10x the original value and also tear down the house and build it again from scratch?
@inthehands ... An apartment in Japan?
@inthehands Most programming projects?
@inthehands not defending AI bullshit just remember reading http://www.laputan.org/mud/ when I was in highschool
@inthehands I AM OLD NOW APPARENTLY
@cursedsql I mean, I'm old enough to remember this essay, so you're not alone
@inthehands literally, options trading on margin is the financial equivalent of the kind of tech debt you're talking about here
@jenniferplusplus
Yeah, and I guess it is in the particular sense that if the AI does actually happen to get the code right enough — which it could, even random answers are correct sometimes! — then there is actually the possibility of a huge payout.
@inthehands Feels like you’re describing the US election. Sorry.
@bubbajet
No, the US election is you get punched in the face and then your house burns down.
@inthehands Fair! (Not sure if the laughing goes here, or tears)