This is going to be a big problem. How do people using Claude-like code generation systems do this? What artifacts other than the generated code are left behind for reuse when modifications are needed? Comments in the code? The entire history of the inputs and outputs to the LLM? Is there any record of the design?
I think the concern is not that "people don't know how everything works" - people never needed to know how to "make their own food" by understanding all the cellular mechanisms and all the intricacies of the chemistry & physics involved in cooking. BUT, when you stop understanding the basics - when you no longer know how to fry an egg because you just get it already prepared from the shop/ from delivery - that's a whole different level of ignorance, that's much more dangerous.
Yes, it may be fine & completely non-concerning if agricultural corporations produce your wheat and your meat; but if the corporation starts producing standardized cooked food for everyone, is it really the same - is it a good evolution, or not? That's the debate here.
This new arrangement would be perfectly fine if they aren't responsible when/if it breaks.
youarentrightjr•1h ago
True.
But in all systems up to now, for each part of the system, somebody knew how it worked.
That paradigm is slowly eroding. Maybe that's ok, maybe not, hard to say.
redrove•1h ago
If the project is legacy or the people just left the company that’s just not true.
youarentrightjr•6m ago
Yeah, that's why I said "knew" instead of "knows".