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[-] dnick@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Great point somewhat stated in the article, that AI is like an amplifier of talent, and that works both ways. Amplifying good skills is amazing, amplifying average skills is both good and bad. Amplifying poor skills can be catastrophic.

Like giving an experienced hunter a bigger gun might result in better outcomes or bigger game, but a bigger gun in the hands of someone who doesn't know how to weild it just results in bigger holes in things you didn't want holes in in the first place.

Normally a novice programmer would break things incrementally, but a poor understand of coding plus AI can hose things exponentially in ways that look like they're almost working every step of the way.

this post was submitted on 22 May 2026
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