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maybe look into industries AI is best at automating? like constant layoffs in Software? 160,000 people lost jobs in just 2026? the claim "hey there is no AI jo

maybe look into industries AI is best at automating? like constant layoffs in Software? 160,000 people lost jobs in just 2026? the claim "hey there is no AI job crisis", when previous SWE of 6-figures now takes job dishwashing in McDonalds + one more gig as Uber driver + food delivery gig is "job creation! now they have 3 jobs!". does not make any sense.

ex-aws-dude 4mo ago
Why would you assume that’s from AI You talk to any SE and it’s obvious we’re not running out of work to do since these tools became available
- 5701652400 4mo ago
  1. C-level says so 2. on-the-ground people indeed much more productive but of course, it is not just AI. Software is consolidating and automating even without AI, that's the whole point of software.
  - thewillowcat 4mo ago
    C-level does not seem uniformly convinced, and they have a lot of reasons to tell that story, even if it isn't really true.
  - IX-103 4mo ago
    Even if they're more productive, the amount of work to be done has also increased significantly. Not only is there so much work to be done on AI integrations but all of the other products have bug trackers exploding with new privacy and security vulnerabilities that need to be addressed. Some of the security people I work with claim that without the productivity gains from AI, there is no way they could keep up with the bugs.
- 5701652400 4mo ago
  don't know whom you talk to. I see people laid of left-and-righ, in FAANG, banks, startup, pretty much everywhere.
  - ex-aws-dude 4mo ago
    I hate to repeat a cliche but correlation != causation
    - 5701652400 4mo ago
      causation can only be expressed within your analytical framework. if it not good, then whole world is a chaos and nothing causes anything. causation is pure interpretation. correlation is there regadless of what you think of it. correlation is interpretation-free. point being, simplistic correlation != caustion is a mid-wit position.
pydry 4mo ago
oh, you mean the interest rates crisis...

ex-aws-dude 4mo ago

Why would you assume that’s from AI You talk to any SE and it’s obvious we’re not running out of work to do since these tools became available

5701652400 4mo ago
1. C-level says so 2. on-the-ground people indeed much more productive but of course, it is not just AI. Software is consolidating and automating even without AI, that's the whole point of software.
- thewillowcat 4mo ago
  C-level does not seem uniformly convinced, and they have a lot of reasons to tell that story, even if it isn't really true.
- IX-103 4mo ago
  Even if they're more productive, the amount of work to be done has also increased significantly. Not only is there so much work to be done on AI integrations but all of the other products have bug trackers exploding with new privacy and security vulnerabilities that need to be addressed. Some of the security people I work with claim that without the productivity gains from AI, there is no way they could keep up with the bugs.
5701652400 4mo ago
don't know whom you talk to. I see people laid of left-and-righ, in FAANG, banks, startup, pretty much everywhere.
- ex-aws-dude 4mo ago
  I hate to repeat a cliche but correlation != causation
  - 5701652400 4mo ago
    causation can only be expressed within your analytical framework. if it not good, then whole world is a chaos and nothing causes anything. causation is pure interpretation. correlation is there regadless of what you think of it. correlation is interpretation-free. point being, simplistic correlation != caustion is a mid-wit position.

pydry 4mo ago

oh, you mean the interest rates crisis...