It's no doubt a rather impressive achievement for AI, but I wonder if what we're doing really makes sense? Yes, I know coding is for its utility, but along the way, we shouldn't forget that part of the reason we have a healthy society is because we have a large array of stuff we can do where we can engage in intellectual tasks in domains that still have some mystery.
I guess most people here will disagree, but I find the recent emphasis on AI coding and AI-this-and-that to take some of the magic out of what was once a purely human domain. Maybe no one will notice or care much, especially because we're still in the age of novelty....but since computers took over chess, I've become less interested in human-vs-human chess because they have access to computers to study.
To me, it really does seem that beyond a certain level, the mechanical and methodical approach takes the spirit out of things.
...though it's difficult to understand even by competitive programming standards...
WalterGR•6mo ago