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I’m struggling how to reconcile “the system is so complex no one understands how it works” with “…#
I’m struggling how to reconcile “the system is so complex no one understands how it works” with “an individual doesn’t understand the AI generated code”. When does cognitive work move from “understood” to “unknown”? When is acceptable that the artifact isn’t “understood”? Does that shift at person, team, and organizational levels?
For people who do understand the code (regardless of it’s origin), is it reasonable to assume they have foreknowledge of the entire dynamical state space? That seems…difficult.
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Norovirus: zero stars. Do not recommend.#
Norovirus: zero stars. Do not recommend.
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“In post-incident work – reviews, reports, debriefs – you’re needed to contribute and tal…#
“In post-incident work – reviews, reports, debriefs – you’re needed to contribute and talk about what happened (even though that’s much harder if blame is already in the air). These interactions are a crucial part of debugging and understanding the bigger picture of your complex systems.
The difference is that you treat those actions as clues, simple data points and not verdicts. “
https://humansinsystems.com/blog/you-cant-debug-a-systems-by-blaming-a-person
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“Here’s what I think is about to happen: every task that used to require a team will become a T…#
“Here’s what I think is about to happen: every task that used to require a team will become a Thursday afternoon project. But not revolutionary, world-changing projects. Just… adequate ones.”
https://worksonmymachine.ai/p/the-great-flood-of-adequate-software
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“The worrying problem with current metrics is that most assume the bottleneck is in the executi…#
“The worrying problem with current metrics is that most assume the bottleneck is in the execution phase of development. But most companies’ bottleneck has always been in understanding what to build and why.”
https://www.swarmia.com/blog/measuring-ai-impact-like-1995/