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As I am retired, I can assure you beyond any doubt I cannot be replaced by an LLM in the workplace. If you don't realize that's going to happen you don't reali

As I am retired, I can assure you beyond any doubt I cannot be replaced by an LLM in the workplace. If you don't realize that's going to happen you don't realize just how many people come to work shuffle proverbial paper from one side of their desk to another, making sure forms are filled out correctly or this month's TPS cover sheets are attached. If you're in programming or engineering you tend to think office jobs require a lot of context and invention. But most of them don't. Ten years ago if you graduated with a law degree and went to work for one of the big NYC law firms, the first place they would put you is in a big room with dozens of other new lawyers doing discovery. You'd get a stack of documents to read, looking for relevance to the particular case that firm was working on. Those jobs are already gone, for the most part. And didn't someone high up in Microsoft say 95% of the programming in the future will be done by LLMs? Do you expect Microsoft intends to keep the 95% of programmers it doesn't need anymore?

theshackleford 1y ago
> As I am retired, I can assure you beyond any doubt I cannot be replaced by an LLM in the workplace. That makes sense. Being removed from today’s workforce makes it easier to believe the narrative that AI is causing these shifts, when in fact they’re really the result of the end of historically low interest rates and other broader economic conditions. > If you don't realize that's going to happen you don't realize just how many people come to work shuffle proverbial paper from one side of their desk to another, making sure forms are filled out correctly or this month's TPS cover sheets are attached These people are not the entirety of the white collar market. > And didn't someone high up in Microsoft say 95% of the programming in the future will be done by LLMs? Moronic Microsoft executives have said a lot of things. It doesn't make them right. > 'Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer scoffed at Apple's glass-and-metal gadget, telling USA Today that "there's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance."' > Do you expect Microsoft intends to keep the 95% of programmers it doesn't need anymore? I expect like most things that come out of their mouth, it's obvious bullshit because they are involved in peddling AI and would desparately love you to buy some.

theshackleford 1y ago

> As I am retired, I can assure you beyond any doubt I cannot be replaced by an LLM in the workplace. That makes sense. Being removed from today’s workforce makes it easier to believe the narrative that AI is causing these shifts, when in fact they’re really the result of the end of historically low interest rates and other broader economic conditions. > If you don't realize that's going to happen you don't realize just how many people come to work shuffle proverbial paper from one side of their desk to another, making sure forms are filled out correctly or this month's TPS cover sheets are attached These people are not the entirety of the white collar market. > And didn't someone high up in Microsoft say 95% of the programming in the future will be done by LLMs? Moronic Microsoft executives have said a lot of things. It doesn't make them right. > 'Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer scoffed at Apple's glass-and-metal gadget, telling USA Today that "there's no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance."' > Do you expect Microsoft intends to keep the 95% of programmers it doesn't need anymore? I expect like most things that come out of their mouth, it's obvious bullshit because they are involved in peddling AI and would desparately love you to buy some.