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To: AppyPappy

The last project I worked on before I retired was well over one million lines of code. It was written in Java, Java Script, Python, Fortran, C, C++, and TCL/TK.

You would have to teach AI to be really, really stupid to even attempt something like that!


52 posted on 07/06/2023 6:47:35 AM PDT by lurked_for_a_decade (Imagination is more important than knowledge! ( e_uid == 0 ) != ( e_uid = 0 ). I Read kernel code.)
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To: lurked_for_a_decade

This topic is waaay over my head. But I know what the tech advancements have done to farming. 60 years ago I was 9 and already a seasoned farmhand, driving equipment almost daily. The average cornbelt farm was about 240 acres, with 2-3 men doing the work.

Nowadays, with pesticides (weed and insect), programed computers, gps, and the interconnected systems, we are reaching the point where the farm tractor/combine/sprayer doesn’t need an operator riding it.

The farmer I help during spring planting and harvest covers almost 6,000 acres. 5 months out of the year he needs 6-7 people. The rest of the year 3 workers can handle the load.

Tech advancements have always reduced manpower requirements. Look at airliners: used to be 3 in the cockpit, now there’s 2.


55 posted on 07/06/2023 7:36:18 AM PDT by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: lurked_for_a_decade

Not only that, AI does not have Institutional Knowledge. If the user doesn’t know what they really want, AI is pretty useless to them.


56 posted on 07/06/2023 7:58:34 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: lurked_for_a_decade
You would have to teach AI to be really, really stupid to even attempt something like that!

Oh, dear God, that is precious!

61 posted on 07/06/2023 9:56:33 AM PDT by GingisK
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