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AI takes jobs faster than it creates new ones. It should be banned in current form. No junior positions available - only those who lasted even have the chance

AI takes jobs faster than it creates new ones. It should be banned in current form. No junior positions available - only those who lasted even have the chance to use them in commercial settings. After layoffs you will get how BAD it is :/ (if you are 35+)

Hammershaft 8mo ago
Even as a software developer affected by it, I don't think it should be banned. Productivity improvements are how we get richer in aggregate over the long term, even if those impacted (like you & me) might feel the brunt of transitional pain.
- xyzsparetimexyz 8mo ago
  Its how some people will get rich. It won't be how you get rich.
- palmotea 8mo ago
  > Even as a software developer affected by it, I don't think it should be banned. Productivity improvements are how we get richer in aggregate over the long term, even if those impacted (like you & me) might feel the brunt of transitional pain. FYI: software developers can be pretty dumb, and believe (and spread!) the propaganda fed to them even when it's starkly against our interests. I think it has something to do with being smart and wanting to appear clever. You won't be richer over the long term. AI is a technology for concentrating wealth further, and some cheap crap will be your consolation prize for losing.
- blibble 8mo ago
  > Productivity improvements jury's out on this one too I can believe short term productivty gain but from someone's who has spent years un-fucking codebases that were handed over to outsourced teams... this all looks very familiar
- Wilder7977 8mo ago
  "In aggregate" means few individuals on the planet, unfortunately, not the whole collectivity. This makes your statement almost almost surreal in my eyes.
  - Hammershaft 8mo ago
    Yes, outsized gains are shifting to capital, but cheaper software development means more software & more competition which benefits people across the world.

Hammershaft 8mo ago

Even as a software developer affected by it, I don't think it should be banned. Productivity improvements are how we get richer in aggregate over the long term, even if those impacted (like you & me) might feel the brunt of transitional pain.

xyzsparetimexyz 8mo ago
Its how some people will get rich. It won't be how you get rich.
palmotea 8mo ago
> Even as a software developer affected by it, I don't think it should be banned. Productivity improvements are how we get richer in aggregate over the long term, even if those impacted (like you & me) might feel the brunt of transitional pain. FYI: software developers can be pretty dumb, and believe (and spread!) the propaganda fed to them even when it's starkly against our interests. I think it has something to do with being smart and wanting to appear clever. You won't be richer over the long term. AI is a technology for concentrating wealth further, and some cheap crap will be your consolation prize for losing.
blibble 8mo ago
> Productivity improvements jury's out on this one too I can believe short term productivty gain but from someone's who has spent years un-fucking codebases that were handed over to outsourced teams... this all looks very familiar
Wilder7977 8mo ago
"In aggregate" means few individuals on the planet, unfortunately, not the whole collectivity. This makes your statement almost almost surreal in my eyes.
- Hammershaft 8mo ago
  Yes, outsized gains are shifting to capital, but cheaper software development means more software & more competition which benefits people across the world.