The Debian project is engaging in a debate and vote on whether large language model (LLM) tools may be used in the development of Debian, its distribution-specific code, and the project’s website. The general resolution is currently being discussed leading into a vote on the subject.
LLMs are not going to replace a large number of people.
But they are very helpful, especially in coding. If you’re not using LLMs in normal business development, you’re going to fall behind.
It’s made me a significantly faster developer, largely that a lot of the tedious work feels less tedious, and my projects are more polished.
You just can’t vibe too much or you’ll come out with an unmaintainable mess. There’s a difference between using these tools responsibly and just producing slop.
Everyone I work with who uses LLMs more than a little bit hasn’t gotten better at coding. They’ve just made bad code faster, with even less understanding.
It’s something like a catch-22. The people smart enough to use them effectively don’t need to. The people who aren’t smart enough will misuse them.
So you don’t code and you like pithy nonsense.
I’m a professional software engineer. You seem to have drawn at least one nonsense conclusion