This Is Robotics: Radio News #29 (April 2024)

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Has Code Writing Capitulated To GenAI What exactly just took place and why Suddenly this March we all woke up one morning to find code fighting for its life Why so fast Why so suddenly Why so completely Unexpectedly and quietly code is disappearing Why is that Is AI s argument that convincing Sure seems that way It was a little like the Berlin Wall imposingly there for a few decades then suddenly gone and forgotten We ll take a look at what happened to code and what s next for robotics Don t despair The remedy is good In early 2023 U S tech industries cut more than 190 000 employees from the workforce Tens of thousands were coders Tens of thousands of individuals who spent billions of dollars to learn how to code so that they could get a good job quot The new philosophy calls all into doubt quot wrote the poet John Donne over 400 years ago Indeed GenAI apos s prompt engineering has done just that Prompt engineering in AI is the process of designing and refining prompts questions or instructions which are at the heart of some of the most advanced AI applications and growing Join us as experts Andrew Ng Stephen Wolfram and Michael Welsh walk us through the new world of GenAI and the unparalleled opportunities that await for those who don t wait See also Did AI Just Free Humanity from Code What About You A Primer to Combat GenAI AnxietyExperts on AI amp Robot Convergence for 2040