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I do think there will be a great de-skilling in software as we know it currently, essentially equivalent to the shift from craftsman manufacturing to assembly l
by ramesh31 1y ago
I do think there will be a great de-skilling in software as we know it currently, essentially equivalent to the shift from craftsman manufacturing to assembly line production in the physical world. There will of course always be niches for high skill experts, but the vast majority of enterprise CRUD work will be done by people with far less expertise, whose salary will be some diminished percentage based on their reliance on AI. Will the results be "better"? No, but they will be good enough, and faster and more reliably tracked/scheduled and allow capital more control. The bosses have wanted to be able to "add X dollars to a project to speed it up by Y" forever, and now they finally can.
- samsonradu 1y agoBut will they be good enough? That’s a question that can only be answered after many years in a project’s lifecycle. Not sure about allowing for more control, what happens when a complex/exotic issue that an AI is not able to solve arises? The bosses will have to pay a premium to whatever expert is left to address the problem.
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- ramesh31 1y ago>Not sure about allowing for more control, what happens when a complex/exotic issue that an AI is not able to solve arises? What happens when a complex piece of machinery breaks down at the factory? You call in an expensive mechanic to fix it. You also still have engineers overseeing the day to day operations and processes to make sure that doesn't happen, but the bulk of the work is carried out by semi-skilled labor. It's not hard to imagine software going this way, as it's inevitably what capital wants.
- Disposal8433 1y ago> the vast majority of enterprise CRUD work Why are people always speaking about CRUD? In 30 years, I haven't done anything related to CRUD. And I'm also very confused about it.