"AI in human coding contests is a gimmick": nobody watches athletes race cars
gerardsans · x · 2026-09-09
- Amid debate over AI models entering human coding competitions, gerardsans argues it works only as a commercial gimmick: nobody attends a race between athletes and cars, so the premise is ridiculous and the narrative shouldn't be bought into.
- He counters doomsaying with an analogy: public transport didn't make fitness obsolete—it gave people free time and better-connected cities. Claiming negative social impact now is premature.
- Core point: treating humans and AI as the same category is a fallacy; they aren't.
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