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Let's someone creates an AI where you describe your program and it writes it using only existing code snippets. It might put 90% or more of software engineers o
by karamanolev 4y ago
Let's someone creates an AI where you describe your program and it writes it using only existing code snippets. It might put 90% or more of software engineers out of work. Saying "but software engineers who create truly innovative systems, design patterns, languages and approaches will continue to thrive" is very limiting.
I fully grasp the concern here. It's not unlike what happened during industrialization, but on an intellectual level. I don't know what the solution is. Basic income has been floated, but I'm having a hard time evaluating all the arguments for and against.
- dcow 4y agoWhat you describe sounds ideal for the software industry.
- karamanolev 4y agoAutomated trucking, rail and ocean transportation sound ideal for the cargo industry, except for the millions of truck drivers. You put those people out of a job and you have a societal problem that needs to be solved. I'm not against progress in any way, but it comes with problems in need of a solution
- dcow 4y agoOf course it does! We'll figure it out.
- wizofaus 4y agoTechnology is supposed to put us out of jobs! But I'd argue it's been doing a pretty terrible job of it in the last few decades - we're all still working as much as we ever have been. Personally I'd love to have a tool that meant I only needed to spend half as long working to be just as productive. But it requires more than just technology to make that result feasible for the wider population.