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It certainly doesn't help that we're being told every day that AI is coming for our jobs and, by-and-large, it appears that is true. Even if AI isn't technicall

It certainly doesn't help that we're being told every day that AI is coming for our jobs and, by-and-large, it appears that is true. Even if AI isn't technically capable of completely replacing us, CEOs are making it true by refusing to hire[^1] and reducing workforces as much as possible. Despite that the companies we are working for are recording record profits. UBI is a nonstarter and the entire country is unprepared for this new future we're creating. What exactly is there to be excited about? [^1]: https://www.salesforceben.com/salesforce-will-hire-no-more-software-engineers-in-2025-says-marc-benioff/ https://www.salesforceben.com/salesforce-will-hire-no-more-s...

itsathrowaway2 2y ago
> by-and-large, it appears that is true [citation needed] and not from an AI company's marketing materials.
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- dcchambers 2y ago
  You don't have to look far. I am NOT saying that AI is actually 100% capable of replacing us, but I am saying that many CEOs are already treating it that way. - https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/business/ai-job-losses-by-2030-intl/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/business/ai-job-losses-by-203... - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-12/klarna-stopped-all-hiring-a-year-ago-to-replace-workers-with-ai https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-12/klarna-st... - https://www.salesforceben.com/salesforce-will-hire-no-more-software-engineers-in-2025-says-marc-benioff/ https://www.salesforceben.com/salesforce-will-hire-no-more-s... - https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2023/05/01/ibm-will-stop-hiring-humans-for-jobs-ai-can-do-report-says/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2023/05/01/ibm-... In the age of AI, no human job is a profit center any more. EVERY job is a cost center and it's the duty of CEOs to reduce those expenses.
  - cle 2y ago
    The companies that take such a zero-sum outlook will be devoured in the long run. I think that companies that view AI as empowering workers to produce more, will blow past the ones dominated by bean counters and MBAs looking to optimize their quarterly earnings reports.
  - nyrikki 2y ago
    That is more of a confirmation of what everyone knows, many CEOs have no clue what SWE is. It will take some time but it will die, just as visual programming, total quality management etc... Anyone who thinks that code generation is the primary issue has no real understanding of the core problems.
  - itsathrowaway2 2y ago
    If you're saying that a bunch of CEOs are jumping on the newest bandwagon in an attempt to get a free lunch (revenue coming in without all those bothersome paychecks going out), then yes, I would agree. Check this space in two years though.

itsathrowaway2 2y ago

> by-and-large, it appears that is true [citation needed] and not from an AI company's marketing materials.

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dcchambers 2y ago
You don't have to look far. I am NOT saying that AI is actually 100% capable of replacing us, but I am saying that many CEOs are already treating it that way. - https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/business/ai-job-losses-by-2030-intl/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/business/ai-job-losses-by-203... - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-12/klarna-stopped-all-hiring-a-year-ago-to-replace-workers-with-ai https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-12/klarna-st... - https://www.salesforceben.com/salesforce-will-hire-no-more-software-engineers-in-2025-says-marc-benioff/ https://www.salesforceben.com/salesforce-will-hire-no-more-s... - https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2023/05/01/ibm-will-stop-hiring-humans-for-jobs-ai-can-do-report-says/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2023/05/01/ibm-... In the age of AI, no human job is a profit center any more. EVERY job is a cost center and it's the duty of CEOs to reduce those expenses.
- cle 2y ago
  The companies that take such a zero-sum outlook will be devoured in the long run. I think that companies that view AI as empowering workers to produce more, will blow past the ones dominated by bean counters and MBAs looking to optimize their quarterly earnings reports.
- nyrikki 2y ago
  That is more of a confirmation of what everyone knows, many CEOs have no clue what SWE is. It will take some time but it will die, just as visual programming, total quality management etc... Anyone who thinks that code generation is the primary issue has no real understanding of the core problems.
- itsathrowaway2 2y ago
  If you're saying that a bunch of CEOs are jumping on the newest bandwagon in an attempt to get a free lunch (revenue coming in without all those bothersome paychecks going out), then yes, I would agree. Check this space in two years though.