• Soleos@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    It’s strawman rage bait. You can say the same thing about sailing vs combustion engine shipping, programming via C on notepad vs modern development environments and languages, etc.

    The missing context is the time required when you know what you’re doing. And yeah sometimes walking is still faster than driving a car. But let’s not pretend we’re not seeing a major shift like industrialization or the internet. Both of which have fucked up society and the world in countless ways as much as it has benefited us.

    I can write a solid 10 page well-researched paper out of a library in two weeks. With the internet, I can write that same paper with even better research in one week. With AI tools, I can write that same paper with better readability, conciseness, and overall editing in a couple days.

    What’s the cost? Probably not pretty, but the deadline is a lot shorter than it used to be now. And that’s the reality most people will find themselves in now.