While we are locked once again in a heated debate about the future of our professions in the wake of ChatGPT, this article digs deep in to our past to reveal similar discussions surrounding of advancements in computer programming throughout history

  • @AsstronautOPM
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    41 year ago

    Haha indeed! This will really become a very interesting application of the idea that history repeats itself - will AI really be different enough from previous technological advances to require different rules? Or will it be subject to the same technophobe vs. futurist arguments that always lead to gentle and inevitable integration? I’m reminded of how in some places when cars were first invented a bloke would have to walk in front of them slowly with flags to warn pedestrians and horses of the oncoming dreaded automobile