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> We'll probably need less and less developers as AI advance. Just like we need less manual labor in farms today. I don't think that's right. Farms may have le
by nemo44x 4y ago
> We'll probably need less and less developers as AI advance. Just like we need less manual labor in farms today.
I don't think that's right. Farms may have less manual labor but there's man, many times more people building farming tools, software, tech, etc.
What will happen is you will be able to do more with your time. We are limited by how many people we can actually hire and the output of those people. Now each person can output more and more. So much that we want to build but we don't is because we are limited by output. We need to prioritize certain things for everything has an opportunity cost. Now we will be able to burn down more things more quickly.
Also the math. Imagine developers just became about 30% more efficient. I want MORE of them now as my money is better spent! If my competitor downsizes to remain at their current capacity then I will crush them because I want 30% MORE developers that are coding 30% more efficiently allowing me to release 40% more things for the same money! I crush my competition then and they know this so they have to keep up as it's an arms race.