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I have been thinking about this a lot lately, and I don't think that AI will replace programmers soon. Software is an unlimited space, sky is the limit to what

by swtech 4y ago

I have been thinking about this a lot lately, and I don't think that AI will replace programmers soon. Software is an unlimited space, sky is the limit to what you can accomplish. AI will be available to each and every company, so every company will try to compete by adding more features exponentially as AI makes adding them easier. As a programmer your role will gradually turn into more of an architect. You will put things/systems together and make sure everything works, and you will focus less on the coding part as AI does that for you.

5350-uiop-1130 4y ago
but how many architects are required? and it's also (possibly) assuming that this AI will not get a lot more advanced - i believe what we are seeing is just the tip of the iceberg.
- asow92 4y ago
  On the other hand, programming has only gotten easier over the years and yet there are more programmers than ever. The ceiling of what's expected gets raised as our capabilities rise.
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evilbob93 4y ago
a lot of the skills that one needs for a job that we're arguing is beyond the AIs, like software architect or writing anything with real thought in it, implies that we humans are smarter and we can just do the more interesting writing. How does one become a good writer? By writing a lot of stuff at a lower level. I am concerned that by putting all of the grunt work on the AIs will remove the training opportunities that the humans need to actually do the higher level stuff. Removing a few rungs at the bottom of the ladder of becoming better at your career. I became concerned at this after reading an article a while back that talked about how some sports writing has been automated for years (how hard is it to write that this team won, the other lost and the score was blah) but that work was needed for writers to get to the next level. A similar thing could be said about technical support folks. The AI can handle the easy ones, but without the easy ones, how do we bring up a new tech to level 2 if level 1 doesnt exist any more? Also, there are a lot more level 1 techs than level 2.

by swtech 4y ago

5350-uiop-1130 4y ago

but how many architects are required? and it's also (possibly) assuming that this AI will not get a lot more advanced - i believe what we are seeing is just the tip of the iceberg.

asow92 4y ago
On the other hand, programming has only gotten easier over the years and yet there are more programmers than ever. The ceiling of what's expected gets raised as our capabilities rise.

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evilbob93 4y ago

a lot of the skills that one needs for a job that we're arguing is beyond the AIs, like software architect or writing anything with real thought in it, implies that we humans are smarter and we can just do the more interesting writing. How does one become a good writer? By writing a lot of stuff at a lower level. I am concerned that by putting all of the grunt work on the AIs will remove the training opportunities that the humans need to actually do the higher level stuff. Removing a few rungs at the bottom of the ladder of becoming better at your career. I became concerned at this after reading an article a while back that talked about how some sports writing has been automated for years (how hard is it to write that this team won, the other lost and the score was blah) but that work was needed for writers to get to the next level. A similar thing could be said about technical support folks. The AI can handle the easy ones, but without the easy ones, how do we bring up a new tech to level 2 if level 1 doesnt exist any more? Also, there are a lot more level 1 techs than level 2.