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These are my favorite threads on HN right now. In the threads, most comments dismiss the value of creators' works in building the billion-dollar businesses dev

These are my favorite threads on HN right now. In the threads, most comments dismiss the value of creators' works in building the billion-dollar businesses developing these increasingly-powerful content laundering machines, based almost exclusively on content theft. Simultaneously, we're 10 years away from a world where staff "software engineers" go the way of human computers¹, replaced by product and marketing folks and maybe a system architect. To those commenters, I say: I hope y'all have a Plan B. ¹ https://www.history.com/news/human-computers-women-at-nasa https://www.history.com/news/human-computers-women-at-nasa

artninja1988 3y ago
>Simultaneously, we're 10 years away from a world where staff "software engineers" go the way of human computers¹ Where's the source that this is going to happen?
- BudaDude 3y ago
  Fear mongering. Software engineering will change but it will not be gone. Those who learn how to use these tools will become more valuable than those who don't. Same with every profession.
n6242 3y ago
I do have a plan B. The software engineer, the marketing guy and the maybe system architect of 10 years in the future are all the same person: me using AI tools.
- JuanPosadas 3y ago
  I don't think it scales when 99% of us get laid off and we all have the same plan B.
marssaxman 3y ago
> we're 10 years away from a world where ...software developers have adapted to the newest tools and started working at a higher level of abstraction, just as we have been doing over and over since the beginning of the art.
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sweezyjeezy 3y ago
There's a key difference between writing for the screen and writing for software - making software engineers more efficient makes software cheaper will raise its demand. This is similar to how there are more accountants now than pre- spreadsheets. But writers in TV and film are not the bottleneck, making them more efficient will not lead to more demand for entertainment. It's clearer to me that the latter camp are in serious trouble, whereas we may just need to adapt.

artninja1988 3y ago

>Simultaneously, we're 10 years away from a world where staff "software engineers" go the way of human computers¹ Where's the source that this is going to happen?

BudaDude 3y ago
Fear mongering. Software engineering will change but it will not be gone. Those who learn how to use these tools will become more valuable than those who don't. Same with every profession.

n6242 3y ago

I do have a plan B. The software engineer, the marketing guy and the maybe system architect of 10 years in the future are all the same person: me using AI tools.

JuanPosadas 3y ago
I don't think it scales when 99% of us get laid off and we all have the same plan B.

marssaxman 3y ago

> we're 10 years away from a world where ...software developers have adapted to the newest tools and started working at a higher level of abstraction, just as we have been doing over and over since the beginning of the art.

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sweezyjeezy 3y ago

There's a key difference between writing for the screen and writing for software - making software engineers more efficient makes software cheaper will raise its demand. This is similar to how there are more accountants now than pre- spreadsheets. But writers in TV and film are not the bottleneck, making them more efficient will not lead to more demand for entertainment. It's clearer to me that the latter camp are in serious trouble, whereas we may just need to adapt.