> they described these projects as a horror show. Yes, they allowed, some progress was made, and some of it was pretty cool, but he also left a long, fiery trail of chaos in his wake. Months later, some teams were still grinding through waves of cleanup work.
That has been my experience with supporting and maintaining many large systems, so this has long been the case even without AI.
I assume the use of AI allows the crappy, flawed systems to be developed faster and perhaps cheaper.
I have to think that there were other similar things contemporaneous with this device as the skill and knowledge displayed in its design and execution would not come ex nihilo.
Personal anecdote from my wife yesterday. She doesn’t get many spam calls but has noticed that when a particular friend calls her, she gets a spam call later that day.
I surmised that the friend has some spyware on their phone which is reporting “active” numbers.
That has been my experience with supporting and maintaining many large systems, so this has long been the case even without AI.
I assume the use of AI allows the crappy, flawed systems to be developed faster and perhaps cheaper.
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