SamuraiBeandog

I read the first 2 sentences and now I have cancer.

"Kiddie fiddler" is a term used in Australia, I assume this actually what happened with the AI, its taken his description as a fiddler and equated it with this. Insane.

The near future of software development is a a huge question mark at the moment. Nobody actually knows what the industry will look like in 5 years time, let alone 10+. Going into a CS degree now is definitely risky, there is a good chance that anything you learn in a current software course will not be practically relevant for software engineering jobs in 5 years.

I think personally I would look at other career prospects for now and engage with software development as a personal hobby/interest, you can always look at getting into the software industry later on once the state of it has stabilised and you know what you're getting into.

This just isn't true anymore. AI coding capability at the top end has made a real qualitative leap in just the last 6 months or so and is actually very good at writing high quality code, if managed correctly.

I was extremely sceptical about it until recently but the results are now becoming consistent enough that it can't be denied. Most of the devs I know (almost all AI sceptics to begin with) have come to the same conclusion.

edit: Downvotes without comment? If people disagree with me by all means point out where I'm wrong.

Ah true, I forgot about the console.

I don't think they give a shit about people emulating their old classic games, they have modern games.

I watched the video you linked. Can you describe what you are trying to do with your films? Like, what do you expect for viewers to experience from watching them?

For me, the video was like watching a child play with some toys. The characters were like stiff action figures with no personality, I didn't care at all about them or even recognise them as living characters with emotions. The story was basically non-existant. And there was no appealing aesthetic to anything, the AI visuals are just incredibly bland and generic, like stock photos.

If you want people to engage with your work, you have to ask yourself why would someone engage with it? What are they supposed to get out of it?

Adventure Time.

The early seasons are pretty weird and random but as it goes on the characters and story get fleshed out with real depth and complexity and there is a heap of valuable characters, themes and life lessons in them for kids to absorb and for you to discuss with them.

Kinda my own arse?

Correct.

this feels like something so obvious I’d think studies likely show this

Surprisingly unscientific attitude from a scifi author.

Sources?

Oh wow I remember doing this too, now that you've mentioned it.