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1. gizajob · 1790421926 · focus · HN ↗

   “ There were tasks I could have done in 20 minutes easily, that took 5 minutes of an AI agent, and then 2 days for me to review.”

   This is using AI for productivity in any domain, in a nutshell. I just wrote a book using Claude as an experiment, and while the thing got done and it was an amazing tool and a great experience, what I’m left with is a book where every line needs rewriting, there are logical inconsistencies throughout, and the style is so bad it should actually just be binned rather than rewritten.

   1. iloveoof · 1790428960 · focus · HN ↗

      I don’t see how that’s possible. When I am doing a comprehensive code review with rigorous functional testing of another developer’s work, it usually takes me around half as long to review as the developer took to write it. That includes the back and forth of MR issues and fixes. If AI writes it why would it take 100x longer to review than write it? At worst case it’s just a draft of something I can develop myself, so it shouldn’t take longer than 20 minutes. At best case it is a code review exercise so it takes me half as long.

      1. gizajob · 1790429431 · focus · HN ↗

         AI can produce for you an amazing jpeg of an oil painting you’ve ideated together. You could print it out on a large format printer but you’re still only holding a printout of an AI oil painting. To actually make a piece of art that’s worth being on a wall and standing as an artwork, then you still have to paint the painting using oil paint.

         Maybe robot arms can solve this last part one day.

         1. iloveoof · 1790429776 · focus · HN ↗

            I’m not an artist I’m a software developer, so the tools I use don’t matter, the outcomes do. If I am completing my tickets and the code is high quality and well designed then I am doing my job.

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