Board:   [DoveNet] DoveNet General Chat
Subject: Re: ai shit from bbs peop
From:    Digital Man
Date:    Sat Oct 17, 2026 14:35

  Re: Re: ai shit from bbs peop
  By: Boraxman to MRO on Sat Oct 17 2026 01:09 pm

 > I think AI being able to program will be a boon.

Agree, but just not sure who it will be a boon for.

 > AI programing is akin to a compiler that generates source.

I use that analogy sometimes. There was a time when programmers looked at compilers as a crutch ("real programmers write in assembly language or even machine code!") - but that sentiment went away pretty quickly and the same will happen with agentic progrmming.

 > AI programming gets good, obsolescence will be a thing of the past.  Why not
 > write a program for MS-DOS that does whata Windows 10 CLI program does?

AI doesn't magically take away the constraints (e.g. limited addressable memory) of legacy systems or the lack of infrastructure (e.g. TCP/IP stack), so while it could be used for such a thing (port a Windows CLI program toMS/PC-DOS), it can't work miracles. Given that task, the first thing the AI agent would likely do is choose a "DOS extender" torun the ported program under to get access to more memory. And that's not really writing a program for MS-DOS anymore.
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