向人工智能的虚空呐喊
免责声明：这篇文章是关于人工智能及其在工程领域的应用。<p>我是一名高级工程师，已经在这个行业工作了12年，但我对是否应该使用人工智能以及使用多少人工智能感到困惑。我的感受就像我离开前宗教时一样：在一个新的世界里，我努力寻找自己的身份和真正的价值观。<p>我重视工艺，但我也重视完成工作。我一直倡导使用最强大的工具，推崇调试器而非打印调试，使用现代编辑器的功能，比如语言服务器协议（LSP）等。我更看重独特性而非统一性，更看重创造力而非机械背诵。这些价值观中有些支持使用人工智能，而有些则似乎强烈建议避免使用。就像二战期间及其后通过可怕手段发现的一些发明一样，我觉得人工智能具有巨大的潜力，但同时也在侵蚀版权，毒害生态系统和社区。<p>我必须保住我的工作，以便养活我的家人，但我不想保留任何要求我放弃价值观的工作。然而，在工作中，我看到许多工程师的输出严重依赖人工智能，结果往往质量不佳——当然，并不是每次都是这样。我读过“人工智能的使用就像老虎机”的帖子，能感受到其中的一部分，但难道它不是一个节省我们时间的强大工具吗？<p>如果我不够使用人工智能，我会不会落后，无法在我一生中热爱的领域工作？<p>我知道这就像是在对着虚空呐喊；但你们中总有一些人会在听，对吧？
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Disclaimer that this post is about AI and its use in engineering.<p>I’m a senior engineer and have been in the professional business for 12 years and I have no idea how much, or if I should even use AI for anything. I feel much like I did when I left my former religion: in a new world where I’m struggling to find identity and what my values actually are.<p>I value craftsmanship - but I also value getting things done. I’ve always advocated for using the strongest tools, pushing for debuggers over print debugging, using modern editor features like LSPs etc. I value uniqueness over uniformity and creativity over rote recital. Some of these values support AI use and some of them seem to strongly suggest avoiding it. Like some of the inventions during and after WWII which were discovered through terrible means; I feel like AI has incredible potential while at the same time ripping away copyright and poisoning the ecosystem and communities.<p>I have to keep my job so I can provide for my family, but I don’t want to keep any job that requires that I give up any of my values. Yet at work I see the output of engineers relying heavily on AI and it trends very heavily towards garbage - but of course not all the time. I read the “AI use is like a slot machine” post and can feel part of that, but isn’t still a powerful tool to save us time?<p>Am I falling behind and will be unable to work in the field which I’ve loved for my whole life if I don’t use AI enough?<p>I know this is like screaming into the void; but some of you have to be listening though, right?