##tempering expectations for generative AI
Originally posted here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tempering-expectations-generative-ai-andrew-marble/
There's a software development concept called low code programming - idea is that you could automate away lots of the boilerplate for common coding tasks, so as to minimize the code written, often by drawing a picture or writing some other kind of specification instead. Turns out it works great for about 95% of the programming tasks you'd want to do, but makes the other 5% more complex or impossible because it doesn't fit nicely in the low-code template so you need to hack around it. And unfortunately, this 5% is present in pretty much every real software project, and is what takes all the work. That's why despite the time that's passed since the first low code tool was developed (it was called COBOL) most software is still written in fully featured programming languages, and low code is only used in niche areas.
Enter the new "low code" revolution. There's be