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As someone who spends time programming, I of course find myself in conversations with people who aren't as familiar with it. It doesn't happen all the time, but these discussions can lead to people coming up with some pretty wild misconceptions about what programming is and what programmers do.

  • I'm sure many of you have had similar experiences. So, I thought it would be interesting to ask.
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

I had some dude here trying to tell me, a mathematician and data scientist who is developing AIs for fun and is a holder of an MA in Visual Effects specializing in procedural design, who has worked on algorithmic video game development, what AIs are or are going to be capable of in procedural/generative/algorithmic game design "because he has played a lot of games" and argued for days with me, cherry-picking everything I wrote attempting to use my words refuting him to support his arguments.

Just... Infuriating.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The most I read and hear is "you're a hacker". And I get labeled as the computer nerd alot in school.

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