ultimately Facebook and Google are completely unimportant, if they disappeared tomorrow the world would keep going
however, I for one can't wait for unreliable garbage code in:
- engine management systems
- aircraft safety and navigation systems
- trains and railway signalling systems
- elevator control systems
- operating systems
- medical devices (pacemakers, drug dispensing devices, monitoring, radiography control, etc)
- payment systems
- stock exchanges
What irks me the most about AI is the black box mutability. Give it the same question of reasonable complexity and get a slightly different answer every time.
I also dislike mass code generation tools. The code generation is basically just a cache of the AIs reasoning right? So it's sort of pre-optimization. Eventually, once cheap enough, I would assume the AI reasons in real time (producing temporary throw-away code for every request). But the mutability issue is still there. I think we need to be able to "lock-in" on the reasoning, but that's a challenge and probably falls apart with enough inputs / complexity.
however, I for one can't wait for unreliable garbage code in:
maybe AI generated code is the Great Filter?