I would like to add another perspective to this whole thing. I don’t like to admit it, but I have Long COVID, and if I try to program, I have only a few hours before my brain fogs out. It used to be even worse, allowing me only an hour or so. As a result I could no longer be an effective professional engineer.
Using LLMs has changed that. I can invest the hours I have available to build a harness and build rigid quality standards. I then let the LLM run with that while I rest. It’s been a huge force multiplier, and I can now make meaningful progress on things, which brings me some joy.
All I’m asking is that people remember that all technologies have their own good and bad points, and that painting arguments in black and white misses the whole picture. I have a project I’m working on now that I’d like to contribute, but honestly the knee jerk negativity towards AI in the open source community leaves me reluctant to do that.