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AI’s coding evolution hinges on collaboration and trust

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183 points WolfOliver | 4 comments | 29 Aug 25 15:24 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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manoDev ◴[29 Aug 25 16:38 UTC] No.45066299[source]▶
I'm tired of the anthropomorphization marketing behind AI driving this kind of discussion. In a few years, all this talk will sound as dumb as stating "MS Word spell checker will replace writers" or "Photoshop will replace designers".

We'll reap the productivity benefits from this new tool, create more work for ourselves, output will stabilize at a new level and salaries will stagnate again, as it always happens.

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1. MintPaw ◴[29 Aug 25 17:34 UTC] No.45067057[source]▶
You say it as a joke, but spell check has replaced certain tiers of editors. And Photoshop has replaced certain tiers of designers.
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2. flappyeagle ◴[29 Aug 25 20:33 UTC] No.45069076[source]▶
Bad ones
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3. manoDev ◴[29 Aug 25 20:56 UTC] No.45069295[source]▶
Not a joke.

Proofreaders still exist, despite spell checker. Art assistants still exist, despite Photoshop. There's always more work to do, you just incorporate the new tools and bump the productivity, until it gets so commoditized it stops being a competitive advantage.

Saying AI "replaces" anyone is just a matter of rhetoric to justify lower salaries, as always.

4. MintPaw ◴[31 Aug 25 02:43 UTC] No.45079890[source]▶
Bad by modern standards, there was a point in time where even just compositing two images on top of each other with an alpha cutout was considered a complex task.