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The Effect of Generative AI on the Human-Tool Interface | Codeium · Free AI Code Completion & Chat

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Many thanks to Nick Moy, Matt Li, Varun Mohan, and others, for discussions that helped solidify this mental model. “Generative AI is this generation’s defining technology, it will completely transform everything.” My friends know that I usually scoff at these grandiose VC claims. After all, there seems to be a transformative technology every other year or so, most of which haven’t really panned out (I’m looking at you, AR/VR and self-driving cars). I don’t get impressed by promising initial growth or get caught up in hype. So when I told my friends that I actually agreed with this statement for generative AI, naturally I was questioned why. I won’t point at numbers or quote tech influencers - I will just look at the technology from first principles. Specifically I am excited by how tech-based tools, which are the true catalysts for knowledge-based work, can be up-leveled in ways not possible pre-generative AI. To understand why, we first need to understand how humans do work and how to

Many thanks to Nick Moy, Matt Li, Varun Mohan, and others, for discussions that helped solidify this mental model. “Generative AI is this generation’s defining technology, it will completely transform everything.” My friends know that I usually scoff at these grandiose VC claims. After all, there seems to be a transformative technology every other year or so, most of which haven’t really panned out (I’m looking at you, AR/VR and self-driving cars). I don’t get impressed by promising initial growth or get caught up in hype. So when I told my friends that I actually agreed with this statement fo

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