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Imagine being a lumberjack and wood literally changed its properties every few years due to updates. They would be so pissed.

Or if you came into a construction job and the guy who was building stairs did not understand gravity, and was just using an AI to guide him.

Finally you’re working on a house and whenever you set up your drywall, it just does nothing. Turns out you were setting up drywall on the other side of the house. Common mistake.

Programming isn’t like carpentry - it’s closer to magical carpentry.




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