@skavish @TeflonTrout Insult aside, which part of his argument is wrong? Cause you sound like you're shilling for fascists.

@skavish @clayote You're arguing with software engineers who don't see the point in being prompt engineers. Learning how to get a random number generator to generate the right numbers and produce the code I want is not what I've spent the last FORTY YEARS doing. It's development with extra steps, and whether you agree or not the jury is still out on the long-term benefits of your RNG.

@skavish @Gargron @clayote They are also both perfectly valid viewpoints.

@skavish @Gargron Define "properly." Because I can already write code "properly" without destroying the environment with harmful data centres, shoving endless profits into middle-man companies who don't need to be involved and propping up the egos of the deranged psychopaths who are pushing this flawed technology.

@skavish @Gargron It's more efficient for me as as developer to write the code I need to than to learn the new discipline of "prompt engineering," which is a euphemism for "trying to get a random number generator to generate the numbers I need."