Commenter frames the core issue as perverse incentives toward speed
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A voice argues the underlying problem predates AI—that market incentives favor speed over quality—but AI tools are now enabling this trend to accelerate and worsen the outcomes.
“The problem is one needs to be in a situation where the incentive is towards quality rather than speed. But that situation rather rare now - thirty years ago, Microsoft won the office wars with crap that had features.”
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Thing is, the unreliable-software situation was already untenable before agents (in poor hands) made it worse.Yes but that's the big thing, now isn't it? These are nice tools, used wisely. But their unwise use, oh boy...The problem is one needs to be in a situation where the incentive is towards quality rather than speed. But that situation rather…
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