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Downvote all you want but prove me wrong.

• CRConrad 4y ago
  Hacker News doesn't work that way: We won't be able to reply to your comment in ten years when we know how it went.
  • ElemenoPicuares 4y ago
    I was using the word prove colloquially. That many professions are being automated is a given, and with NN people are trying extra hard to automate knowledge work that requires more trade-like knowledge than theoretical knowledge, like paraprofessionals and functionaries with domain knowledge. Recent developments in software lead me and many others to believe the automation of utilitarian development jobs is impending. Even Forbes thinks so and I guarantee you they hadn't seen GitHub Copilot when this article came out: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/02/23/11-jobs-that-may-be-automated-in-the-next-decade/?sh=7d6869d8972c https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/02/23/11... So, given that enough industry analysts believe development will be heavily automated to make top-10 lists, and recent developments provide even stronger evidence (copilot writes better comments on existing code than my coworkers,) can someone providence a strong a priori argument or maybe even empirical evidence that utilitarian software development is somehow uniquely immune to this?
    • CRConrad 4y ago
      It may be the case that I wasn't being entirely serious.