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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,
by 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 agoIts 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 agoYes, outsized gains are shifting to capital, but cheaper software development means more software & more competition which benefits people across the world.