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> What does make me lose sleep some nights is what would happen if software development simply went away. It sounds ridiculous, but it’s something that I think
by antfarm 3y ago
> What does make me lose sleep some nights is what would happen if software development simply went away. It sounds ridiculous, but it’s something that I think about from time to time. Industrial workers in the 20th century probably never imagined being replaced by robots, but it’s happened on a large scale.
The technology to render your programming skills obsolete is right around the corner.
- Dutchie987 3y agoRight around the corner, just like it has been for the past five decades. I remain very skeptical about AI replacing programmers. Every revelation in software methodologies has lead to more complexity and replacing one kind of drudgery with more of another. Will AI change our profession? Sure, maybe, probably. Replace us? I don't see it happening anytime soon.