AI this, AI that, it seems it's all anyone can talk about these days.
But is it any good? Curmudgeons say that the generated code is garbage
and that "AI can't do it". Are they right? The hype train has left the
station and is saying engineers are going to be unemployed in the next
18 months[*]. Are they right?
This month, Richard Thomson will give us an experience report on using
Codex for improvements he's been making to his open source fractal
renderer, Iterated Dynamics and the associated projects Formula
Compiler, ParAnimator and par-beatdown.
Is it the end of the world or is the future so bright I gotta wear
shades?