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The fear is that the total number of devs necessary to produce the modern world will decrease, or at the very least stop growing. I'm fine with that. But that'
by chitowneats 4y ago
The fear is that the total number of devs necessary to produce the modern world will decrease, or at the very least stop growing.
I'm fine with that. But that's the fear.
This trend was always inevitable IMO. The existence of ChatGPT, despite its many flaws, makes that very apparent.
- Madmallard 4y agoThe fear from the first line has already been realized more and more in the last twenty years regardless of the developments in AI, though.
- dtagames 4y agoIs there some evidence that fewer software developers are employed now than in the past? The latest layoffs in Silicon Valley notwithstanding, I can't see how software development will become a less important trend than it already is.. ChatGPT targets low-end, offshore customer service and phone call answering applications for technical support. Neither it nor Copilot is any replacement for a software developer.
- jacobr1 4y agoHigher abstractions is software have allowed for increased productivity and additional application. Making it easier to write code will only drive more adoption and customization of technology. We are very far from software eating the world: there have only been a few bites and much of the meal is left.
- realusername 4y agoIn terms of abstracting coding jobs, this is much less revolutionary than Wordpress in my opinion. There's going to be a lot of social and economics changes by this new tech but I don't think code will be the most affected area (for now of course)