I see a lot of devs who appear to be in a complete state of denial about what is happening. Understandable, but worrying.
Anyway, it was pretty impressive. I decided, having never used Swift and having never built a 2D iOS game, to give it a go myself. In just a couple of evenings, I have a playable prototype that I confidently say would've taken me weeks to get to on my own.
And I'm learning Swift. Reading open-source projects or Swift tutorials is one thing , but seeing code written to satisfy a prompt request - that provides an entirely different level of early comprehension.
For me, it feels like being a magic skilled carpenter with the ability to build a giant building, but with no idea what architects do to make blue prints.
Just end up building a useless mess of wood and nails that eventually gets burned down.
I am actually not impressed by the new o1 at all. I think we might be in denial of how progress is slowing down.
Technically, you never will. Anyone who uses these tools in that way becomes a developer.
Confidently stated without any evidence.
All AI proponents use this phrase repeatedly. Yet I still can’t get these tools to stop making up APIs that don’t exist, and they hey constantly produce face-palm security issues like hard-coded credentials and SQL injection.