I watched a video on YouTube called Large Language Models and the End of Programming by Matt Welsh, hosted by CS50. I considered attending the talk in person but didn't make time for it. I'm glad it was recorded. It's really good!

I first heard about Matt when he blogged about leaving Harvard back in 2010. It was nice to hear he's doing well and right in the middle of the AI revolution that's suddenly surrounding us all.

I love how he recited The Homework Machine by Shel Silverstein (a favorite with my kids) and talks about how scary the author looks. Yeah, “Shel Silverstein looks more like a burglar or a pirate than a guy who should be writing books for kids” according to The Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Other tidbits:

• Stare at this code and tell me if it screams Conway's Game of Life.
• $220,000 for a developer in SF or Seattle vs. 12 cents a day for AI.
• What Computers Can't Do (1972) sounds interesting.
• Let's think step by step.
• We need fewer electrical engineers than programmers, fewer people who understand how AI works.