2026-03-16 11:51 UTC
This is an interesting article and touches on a number of topics that have been on my mind as well. One area that has really worried me is what the author discusses in the last section about AI not needing open source, which is essentially that innovation in software, as in most other areas, is often driven by solving a pain point. https://blog.scottlogic.com/2026/03/15/if-ai-writes-the-code-who-builds-the-next-open-source-project.html
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@remotesynth@mastodon.xyz 2026-03-16 11:51
But, as more things happen autonomously, humans aren't feeling those pain points, and may feel less compelled to innovate. The other angle, to me (not discussed in the article) is that AI works off of what exists. If you've used a coding model, you know it tends towards the most common solutions. Want a web site? You get Next.js unless you say otherwise. How do we ensure we don't end up in a world where the loss of innovation is compounded by the never-ending sameness of the AI generated result?