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It’ll have to be better than today’s spicy autocomplete technology to do that, though. ChatGPT will never be in the driver’s seat; it can’t be trusted.

corethree 3y ago
Yeah definitely. if anything chatGPT is the precursor to the thing that will eventually replace doctors. But at the same time it's also the precursor to the thing that replaces programmers.
- randomdata 3y ago
  > at the same time it's also the precursor to the thing that replaces programmers. It seems far more likely that the successors will create more programmers, not unlike the evolution of the elevator. Newer elevator designs didn't replace the elevator operator. They allowed anyone to become the elevator operator.
  - corethree 3y ago
    By programming I mean something separate from typing English and asking something to spit out code. If my manager asks me to code an app, is he programming or am I? >Similar to the evolution of the elevator. Newer elevators didn't replace the elevator operator. They allowed anyone to become the elevator operator. By "replace" I mean replace someones job. Similar to how the elevator made elevator operators unemployed.
    - randomdata 3y ago
      > If my manager asks me to code an app, is he programming or am I? In the right context, I would say that it possible that the boss is programming you and that you are, ultimately, both programmers. But even if we only want to think of programming in terms of computers, that is not a concern when it comes to a ChatGPT-like thing. It will almost certainly be of a computer. > By "replace" I mean replace someones job. Similar to how the elevator made elevator operators unemployed. The job is still there, but with an effectively infinite supply of workers having joined the market, that pushed the price for the work to zero. That left anyone wanting to be paid more out of the market. In the same vein, if your employer found someone willing to do your work for a lower wage, fired you, and hired them instead, it seems fair to say that you were replaced, but was the profession replaced? Anyway, fun analysis aside, understood.

corethree 3y ago

Yeah definitely. if anything chatGPT is the precursor to the thing that will eventually replace doctors. But at the same time it's also the precursor to the thing that replaces programmers.

randomdata 3y ago
> at the same time it's also the precursor to the thing that replaces programmers. It seems far more likely that the successors will create more programmers, not unlike the evolution of the elevator. Newer elevator designs didn't replace the elevator operator. They allowed anyone to become the elevator operator.
- corethree 3y ago
  By programming I mean something separate from typing English and asking something to spit out code. If my manager asks me to code an app, is he programming or am I? >Similar to the evolution of the elevator. Newer elevators didn't replace the elevator operator. They allowed anyone to become the elevator operator. By "replace" I mean replace someones job. Similar to how the elevator made elevator operators unemployed.
  - randomdata 3y ago
    > If my manager asks me to code an app, is he programming or am I? In the right context, I would say that it possible that the boss is programming you and that you are, ultimately, both programmers. But even if we only want to think of programming in terms of computers, that is not a concern when it comes to a ChatGPT-like thing. It will almost certainly be of a computer. > By "replace" I mean replace someones job. Similar to how the elevator made elevator operators unemployed. The job is still there, but with an effectively infinite supply of workers having joined the market, that pushed the price for the work to zero. That left anyone wanting to be paid more out of the market. In the same vein, if your employer found someone willing to do your work for a lower wage, fired you, and hired them instead, it seems fair to say that you were replaced, but was the profession replaced? Anyway, fun analysis aside, understood.