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The hard truth about AI? It might produce some better software | John Naughton
Just because a powerful industry and its media boosters are losing their marbles about something doesn't mean that it will sweep like a tsunami through society at large. Reality moves at a more leisurely pace.
History suggests, therefore, that whatever transformations the AI hype merchants are predicting, they'll be slower coming than they expect.
There is, however, one possible exception to this rule: computer programming, or the business of writing software.
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