> We have to abandon the appeal to authority and take the argument on its merits, which honestly, we should be doing regardless.
I don't really agree. In virtually any field, when those who have achieved mastery speak, others, even other masters, tend to listen. That does not mean blindly trust them. It means adjust your priors and reevaluate your beliefs.
Software development is not special. When people like antirez (redis) and simonw (django) and DHH (rails) are speaking highly of AI, and when Linus Torvalds is saying he's using AI now, suggesting they may be on to something is not an appeal to authority. And frankly, claiming that they might be saying nice things about AI because of some financial motive is crazy.
> And frankly, claiming that they might be saying nice things about AI because of some financial motive is crazy.
I'm actually taken aback by the vehemence of the anti-AI brigade on HN. It seems objectively crazy to me to suggest someone like antirez, with a long visible history now has an agenda to push AI products, so he writes blog posts to do so.
This is just genuinely going into the wilfully blind territory now, and your post is the one downvoted for pointing it out.
I think we are properly into holy war territory and people on either side are losing their minds, and their objectivity.
I don't really agree. In virtually any field, when those who have achieved mastery speak, others, even other masters, tend to listen. That does not mean blindly trust them. It means adjust your priors and reevaluate your beliefs.
Software development is not special. When people like antirez (redis) and simonw (django) and DHH (rails) are speaking highly of AI, and when Linus Torvalds is saying he's using AI now, suggesting they may be on to something is not an appeal to authority. And frankly, claiming that they might be saying nice things about AI because of some financial motive is crazy.