Also, current tech could be useful as a shopping assistant, to carry the groceries for people who can't, for one reason or another. Though the other post about tipping safety does have a point.
Well, it may consume the AI environment. Maybe even the internet. It's not going to consume a PC with g++, though (at least if the PC doesn't update g++ any more once g++ starts accepting AI contributions).
There may come a point where having a "survivor machine" with auto-update turned off may be a really good idea.
I already do this, in the form of survivor machines made to do initial coding on a retro platform so the result will translate across all possible platforms. Got to, as I'm an Apple coder primarily, so if I want to target older machines I can only do it through a survivor machine: support is always pruned out of Xcode and it would be insane to try and patch it to keep everything in scope.
Oh wow, somehow I was not aware of how capable this technology has become, looks like a major game changer, across many fields.
In the near term, it could be very useful for sports replays. The UFC has this thing where they stitch together sequences of images from cameras all around the ring, to capture a few seconds of '360 degree' video of important moments. It looks horrible, this would be a huge improvement.
Instead of more meat, eat more eggs. Eggs are as good a protein source as meat, down to the same amino acid groups (unlike other protein sources, like plant-based). People used to worry about cholesterol but that has pretty much been put to rest by now.
Once again. It is not greenfield projects most of us want to use AI coding assistance for. It is for an existing project, with a byzantine mess of a codebase, and even worse messes of infrastructure, business requirements, regulations, processes, and God knows what else. It seems impossible to me that AI would ever be useful in these contexts (which, again, are practically all I ever deal with as a professional in software development).
Incidentally, this method cured me of arachnophobia. Having it trapped inside the glass, yet in my hand and up close to take a closer look, allowed me to gradually see them as not all that scary. It's like that therapy where you gradually get closer to the thing you're afraid of (desensitization?).
This is OP's lesson 20: Eventually, time becomes worth more than money. Act accordingly.
I’ve watched senior engineers burn out chasing the next promo level, optimizing for a few more percentage points of compensation. Some of them got it. Most of them wondered, afterward, if it was worth what they gave up.
I live in a place with excellent bicycle infrastructure. All the delivery people ride electric bicycles. A robot would be that, minus the human. So probably better in terms of energy expenditure, cost, etc.
Also, current tech could be useful as a shopping assistant, to carry the groceries for people who can't, for one reason or another. Though the other post about tipping safety does have a point.
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