Code is a liability (not an asset)

About this episode

Cory Doctorow discusses the concept that code is a liability rather than an asset, focusing on the implications of replacing programmers with chatbots.

This week on my podcast, I read “Code is a liability (not an asset),” a recent post from my Pluralistic.net blog, about the bad ideas behind the drive to replace programmers with chatbots. Code is a liability. Code’s capabilities are assets. The goal of a tech shop is to have code whose capabilities generate more... more

People in this episode

Host: Cory Doctorow

Topics covered

• programming
• chatbots
• technology
• code
• liability
• assets

Keywords

• code
• liability
• assets
• programmers
• chatbots
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pluralistic.net

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