ACM essay says AI did not make programming easier, only differently difficult
tchalla · hn · 2026-07-22
An ACM CACM opinion piece argues that AI did not make programming easier — it made it differently difficult.
- The core point is that AI shifts the bottleneck rather than removing it.
- Instead of eliminating effort, it changes where developers spend attention: verification, coordination, and managing more capable but still fallible tools.
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