Subject: Re: SaaS stocks down on AI fears

I'm retired now but did coding, hardware, and later computer security/hacking stuff.

I certainly think AI could do basic coding and help programmers with stuff. I've mentioned before that I think AI will further separate the smarter people from the not-so smart people. People who don't know what they are doing or not good at it will use AI and copy/paste the information w/o really understanding what they have and aren't smart enough (or motivated) to check it out.

My nephew is finishing up college and he said a lot of the tech majors are just copying/pasting stuff from AI. That scares me because a large part of programming is debugging code, testing it and making sure it does what it is supposed to do. What happens when these "copiers" find out the code is incorrect?

Do you want a car mechanic who knows how a car works and can diagnose it and fix it? Or do you want someone who just reads the error codes and blindly replaces parts? I suppose at times you can argue there may be need for both.


Rich