Every Craft That Moved Before: What Photography, Compilers, and Looms Teach Us About AI

Every time a machine learns a new trick, skilled people panic. And every time, they say some version of the same thing: this is different. This time it’s really the end. They’re always right that it’s different. And they’re almost always wrong that it’s the end. I’ve been preparing a talk for Meeting C++ about what happened to the joy of programming in the age of AI. As part of that work, I w...

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