Reply to @محمد Programmers are cooked

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The video addresses a timely and controversial topic in the tech industry, leveraging the creator's personal experience and expertise to provide a nuanced perspective on AI's role in software engineering.

Summary

The creator discusses whether AI tools like Claude's Fable can replace software engineers. While acknowledging their usefulness for generating code and assisting with tasks, they emphasize the need for human oversight and good prompting, especially for complex applications with user data.

Structure

1Introduction and disagreement with the premise
2Creator's background in software engineering
3Experience with Claude and Fable
4Limitations of AI in complex software development
5Importance of human oversight and prompting

Product placement

Claude's Fable (AI tool that generates code or assists with software engineering tasks) - ACTS. The creator is discussing its capabilities and limitations in software engineering. Removing it would change the video's topic. Fable (AI tool that generates code or assists with software engineering tasks) - ACTS. The creator is discussing its capabilities and limitations in software engineering. Removing it would change the video's topic. Claude (AI model) - ACTS. The creator mentions using Claude for software engineering. Removing it would change the video's topic.

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Replying to @محمد don’t think so (yet)

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Reply to @محمد Programmers are cooked will claude's fable replace engineers now?

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I think you're wrong. And here's why. I've been using Claude for the past eight months, pretty much every day. And I have a strong software engineering background. I started coding when I was 13, so that's been 20 years now. And I worked in Big Tech for nine years as a software engineer and manager. And I've been working with Fable for the past 24 hours, so not a lot of data points, but I think it's amazing. Can it do everything though? No. You still need to cross-check what it does. If you write like, actual business software, if you're writing like a big app with lots of data points, user data, I wouldn't trust it personally yet. So I still have cross-checks here and there. However, if you build random tools, absolutely go for it. I don't think there's anything wrong unless you're handling actual user accounts and user data. And also, Fable is only as good as your prompts, right? So if your prompts are bad and you don't really know what to ask for, Fable is not gonna give you the result that you actually want.