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This won't happen. Even if western countries will outlaw LLMs (they won't, people care about unemployed software developers just as much as most software develo
by muldvarp 1y ago
This won't happen. Even if western countries will outlaw LLMs (they won't, people care about unemployed software developers just as much as most software developers cared about unemployed translators), China won't. And why would we even do that? Because software developers like their cushy job and don't want to do blue-collar jobs?
- bgwalter 1y agoChina FOMO? Xi Jin Ping has warned twice about an "AI" bubble: https://www.ft.com/content/9c19d26f-57b3-4754-ac20-eeb627e8723e https://www.ft.com/content/9c19d26f-57b3-4754-ac20-eeb627e87... https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/china-has-a-different-vision-for-ai-it-might-be-smarter-581f1e44 https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/china-has-a-different-vision-for... China restricts "AI" across the country to prevent cheating: https://nypost.com/2025/08/19/world-news/china-restricts-ai-across-the-country-to-prevent-kids-cheating-america-could-learn-from-it/ https://nypost.com/2025/08/19/world-news/china-restricts-ai-... Why would we do that? Because we can! Why would we let some rich brats who have never created something and just steal human knowledge get even richer and control and surveil us all?
- jplusequalt 1y ago>Because software developers like their cushy job and don't want to do blue-collar jobs? In the US of A, most blue-collar jobs: 1. Pay less 2. Offer poor, or zero benefits 3. Are hard on your body Not to mention that if suddenly millions of people flood the markets for blue-collar work, then wages will drop further in those fields. Why would you expect someone to be comfortable with that future?
- muldvarp 1y agoI wouldn't. But most software developers didn't care whether translators liked the new jobs they had to find. So I think most non-programmers won't care whether you'll like your new job.