编码代理抹杀了我的身份。你有什么感觉？
5 分•作者: bah9•大约 1 个月前
我一直是个书呆子气、技术钻研型的程序员。那种业余时间喜欢为开源项目做贡献、阅读技术论文的程序员。
对我来说，编程就像下象棋：赢（也就是交付产品）很重要，但前提是我自己参与了这场博弈。如果对手断线了，我不会享受胜利。我不喜欢打败那些连棋子怎么走都不懂的人。我也不喜欢借助引擎获胜，而编写代码的智能代理基本上就是“借助象棋引擎获胜”。
很久以前，当 Copilot 刚推出时，我就开始使用 AI 来辅助编码了。起初，我很高兴：“哇，这可以帮我写那些枯燥的样板代码和单元测试。” 随着时间的推移，智能代理越来越强大，我花在自己写代码上的时间也越来越少。半年前，我突然意识到，我有一个多月没写过任何代码了，而我是一名全职软件开发人员，没有任何管理工作。我不仅停止了写代码，智能代理在提出计划和架构方面也变得相当出色，而我主要负责提供缺失的上下文和我们基础设施的技术细节。
有一天，这个现实狠狠地打击了我。编码智能代理剥夺了我所热爱的一切，并且——在很大程度上——放大了我所憎恨的一切。我的角色变成了从其他人那里收集上下文，然后向一位超级智能的工程师提供详细的解释（类似于一份写得很好的 Jira 工单），之后再审查结果，并在需要时提供更多上下文/解释。所以，基本上，我成了一个管理者。
几年前，我可以在一个编码任务上花费数周时间。我了解所有的类、所有的函数，我以舒适的节奏慢慢积累信息。现在，我被迫将我的心智处理能力提高数倍。曾经需要几周才能完成的工作，现在只需要几个小时，而我仍然需要理解这一切。我总是感到疲惫，没有足够的精神容量来同时处理如此多的抽象概念和技术细节。所以，要么全盘接受，要么在审查成千上万行代码时被耗尽精力。
另一个缺点是代码的价值为零。你可以从头开始编写自己的操作系统，人们会觉得“嗯，我周末就能用 Vibe Code 搞定”。我甚至不知道现在什么是有价值的。
也许我是一个糟糕的员工。提高雇主利润从来都不是我的目标。我一直热爱解决难题，在过去的十年里，这与雇主提高利润的愿望非常契合。我从来不擅长管理，也不擅长产生想法。我的能力——以及我的热情——在于用我的双手快速、高质量地解决复杂的技术问题。现在，这一切都永远消失了。我感到完全迷失和没有动力。我看不到学习任何与计算机科学相关的东西、阅读论文、为开源项目做贡献的价值。我讨厌我新的“AI 代理人”角色，也讨厌我的工作。我如此热爱编码（顺便说一句，我使用 Neovim），以至于我确信我会一直做下去直到死去，而现在，我不知道我的人生该何去何从。这是我唯一知道的事情，更重要的是，这是我唯一拥有/曾经充满热情的事情。还有其他人有同感吗？
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