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A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft

“So maybe the thing to teach isn’t a skill but a spirit.”

“How the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI.”

“While AI can speed up the writing process, it doesn’t optimize quality—and it endangers our sense of connection to ourselves and others”

“When AI comes for your job, you may not lose it, but it might become more alien, more isolating, more tedious.”

“After 35 years of living in relative control of my decisions, I had decided to see what would happen if I asked AI to control my life instead.”

“By taking on more jobs, he can do more work but also ‘get paid for it,’ he said.”