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It's already the case, at a few companies I've involved with we've already laid off much of the content creation roles. The first to go were written content, th

It's already the case, at a few companies I've involved with we've already laid off much of the content creation roles. The first to go were written content, then drawn content and now corporate stock photographers/videographers are next. The second wave will involve 3d modelers, animators, post-processing jobs in cinema. I'm already seeing lot of developer jobs especially front-end, testing roles being replaced entirely. Ironically, only back-end, devops, cybersecurity appears to be safe as it is mission critical even when good chunk of the jobs are automated. what leads to my conclusion is that your comment will hold true for the most part, much as people stopped buying newspapers once Google News took off, there will still be those that pay digital subscriptions for media outlets they support, in fact their market shares might increase as a result of creative destruction. There are riches to be made during these chaotic times. There are none for those seeking to be a miner-for-hire anymore in a large chunk of the white collar space.

ryandrake 2y ago
I'm hoping people start asking themselves, "Why should I take the time to read something that nobody took the time to write?" and start rejecting AI slop content.
- SoftTalker 2y ago
  This is exactly my feeling. I'm not interested in listening to AI music, or reading AI prose or poetry. I'm not even a fan of todays CGI in movies, it's just too unbelievable. I'd rather be impressed by real stunt actors, model builders, lighting and sound engineers, and a good director behind the cameras.
  - deisteve 2y ago
    but what if you can't tell? what if it was AI generated pornography?
    - SoftTalker 2y ago
      I actually could make an exception for porn I think. So much abuse in that industry, and taking advantage of people who have had terrible lives since childhood. If people could satisfy their voyeuristic urges without contributing to the perpetuation of abuse that would be a good thing.
      - deisteve 2y ago
        I agree the human cost of producing pornography is too much for the individual but thats exactly why people are drawn to it there is something about seeing shame, humiliation and violence in pornography that makes people tick a big reason why most people dont really care about onlyfans and why 90s to early 2000s pornography is sought after
Ancalagon 2y ago
Interesting. I'm a BE developer but I always thought it would be easier to validate BE results (json blobs, sql rows, etc.) automatically than the more qualitative output of FE engineers. Doesn't make me feel much better though. If FE is on its way out I'd bet BE is no more than a year behind.
- deisteve 2y ago
  Rest assured FE developers are no different than artists the end product, the UI, is limited in terms of edge cases the backend however, there is no limit. business logic, automation, all of these are endless edge cases. if any FE engineers thinking they should switch to BE, its too late. There is large generation of those that have been using PHP since early 2000s, have seen everything under the sun, and their experience is irreplaceable Rest assured BE engineers, your golden era is coming. The era without FE engineers hounding you for API parameters and QA rejecting your tickets for some UI bug. Same thing for devops and cybersecurity. Your golden era is coming.
Ekaros 2y ago
I think actual good quality testing will take while to get replaced. Just like cybersecurity there is lot of thinking outside the box. Or even exploring the less common corners and paths. But, maybe with AI testing becomes more valued. As who else will validate that whatever AI generated does what we actually want. And then reports the issues for fine tuning.
- deisteve 2y ago
  False. I can't get into details but testing is going to become the next copywriters.
ThalesX 2y ago
> I'm already seeing lot of developer jobs especially front-end, testing roles being replaced entirely. Can you give me some public examples if it's so prevalent? I play around with the AI Dev tools and I can't see them being a feasible replacement for a human yet. I also have friends that are copywriters, illustrators, photographers and they're pretty much the same as they always have been with another tool under their belt. So if you could also substantiate this claim I'd be curious.
- deisteve 2y ago
  I'm sorry I can't as I've signed an NDA but if you think these new generation of AI tools are some innocent augmentative processes you are gravely mistaken. What you describe are the previous generation of AI tools which were using you as training. What you will see come out next year will be a truly reckoning force. Not even Indians are safe.
  - ThalesX 2y ago
    > I'm sorry I can't as I've signed an NDA Surely the company you worked for can't be the only one replacing people with these tools. What about the companies that actually have thousands of devs on their payroll? > What you describe are the previous generation of AI tools which were using you as training Do these new generation AI tools have names, mentions, parent companies? Or is everything in this shadow realm covered by NDA and I, as a mere mortal, cannot access? > Not even Indians are safe. What does this even mean?
    - GeoAtreides 2y ago
      >> Not even Indians are safe. > What does this even mean? You know, I'm genuinely curious; do you honestly not understand what OP meant or are you actually disagreeing with OP by asking a rhetorical question?
      - ThalesX 2y ago
        I honestly don't understand what he meant with the Indians part.

ryandrake 2y ago

I'm hoping people start asking themselves, "Why should I take the time to read something that nobody took the time to write?" and start rejecting AI slop content.

SoftTalker 2y ago
This is exactly my feeling. I'm not interested in listening to AI music, or reading AI prose or poetry. I'm not even a fan of todays CGI in movies, it's just too unbelievable. I'd rather be impressed by real stunt actors, model builders, lighting and sound engineers, and a good director behind the cameras.
- deisteve 2y ago
  but what if you can't tell? what if it was AI generated pornography?
  - SoftTalker 2y ago
    I actually could make an exception for porn I think. So much abuse in that industry, and taking advantage of people who have had terrible lives since childhood. If people could satisfy their voyeuristic urges without contributing to the perpetuation of abuse that would be a good thing.
    - deisteve 2y ago
      I agree the human cost of producing pornography is too much for the individual but thats exactly why people are drawn to it there is something about seeing shame, humiliation and violence in pornography that makes people tick a big reason why most people dont really care about onlyfans and why 90s to early 2000s pornography is sought after

Ancalagon 2y ago

Interesting. I'm a BE developer but I always thought it would be easier to validate BE results (json blobs, sql rows, etc.) automatically than the more qualitative output of FE engineers. Doesn't make me feel much better though. If FE is on its way out I'd bet BE is no more than a year behind.

deisteve 2y ago
Rest assured FE developers are no different than artists the end product, the UI, is limited in terms of edge cases the backend however, there is no limit. business logic, automation, all of these are endless edge cases. if any FE engineers thinking they should switch to BE, its too late. There is large generation of those that have been using PHP since early 2000s, have seen everything under the sun, and their experience is irreplaceable Rest assured BE engineers, your golden era is coming. The era without FE engineers hounding you for API parameters and QA rejecting your tickets for some UI bug. Same thing for devops and cybersecurity. Your golden era is coming.

Ekaros 2y ago

I think actual good quality testing will take while to get replaced. Just like cybersecurity there is lot of thinking outside the box. Or even exploring the less common corners and paths. But, maybe with AI testing becomes more valued. As who else will validate that whatever AI generated does what we actually want. And then reports the issues for fine tuning.

deisteve 2y ago
False. I can't get into details but testing is going to become the next copywriters.

ThalesX 2y ago

> I'm already seeing lot of developer jobs especially front-end, testing roles being replaced entirely. Can you give me some public examples if it's so prevalent? I play around with the AI Dev tools and I can't see them being a feasible replacement for a human yet. I also have friends that are copywriters, illustrators, photographers and they're pretty much the same as they always have been with another tool under their belt. So if you could also substantiate this claim I'd be curious.

deisteve 2y ago
I'm sorry I can't as I've signed an NDA but if you think these new generation of AI tools are some innocent augmentative processes you are gravely mistaken. What you describe are the previous generation of AI tools which were using you as training. What you will see come out next year will be a truly reckoning force. Not even Indians are safe.
- ThalesX 2y ago
  > I'm sorry I can't as I've signed an NDA Surely the company you worked for can't be the only one replacing people with these tools. What about the companies that actually have thousands of devs on their payroll? > What you describe are the previous generation of AI tools which were using you as training Do these new generation AI tools have names, mentions, parent companies? Or is everything in this shadow realm covered by NDA and I, as a mere mortal, cannot access? > Not even Indians are safe. What does this even mean?
  - GeoAtreides 2y ago
    >> Not even Indians are safe. > What does this even mean? You know, I'm genuinely curious; do you honestly not understand what OP meant or are you actually disagreeing with OP by asking a rhetorical question?
    - ThalesX 2y ago
      I honestly don't understand what he meant with the Indians part.