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It sort of is though because more jobs are becoming more mechanical. In the past, I wouldn't mind being a programmer but now with all this AI the job sucks. AI

It sort of is though because more jobs are becoming more mechanical. In the past, I wouldn't mind being a programmer but now with all this AI the job sucks. AI may have made things more efficient but that also balances on the other side of the equation: the boss now expects more, and it's much less fun to produce more than to concentrate well on a single topic. So jobs suck more and that's harsh. Also, many jobs are being threatened, including my own. And I don't really want to get a different job, even though I will if I have to. I like my current one and I'm very specific about what I do. I will get another job but it's probably not going to be as fun. I hate AI and the people that made it.

1over137 3mo ago
>So jobs suck more Be careful not to generalize from your job. The programmers I know do not have jobs that sound like yours.
- vouaobrasil 3mo ago
  There's some truth in that but it's also a general feeling I get from browsing a lot of job boards. And I think in 10 years it's going to get worse for sure.
- birdsongs 3mo ago
  Eh, me and most people I know are burning out fast. There's a split between the people that love to program, for the sake of it, and those that just want a well paying job. Seems like the former group is hit the hardest re: morale. The job is just not fun anymore. It's prompting and reviewing an onslaught of mass amounts of code. No more problem solving or innovation. At least, in the ways we used to. Seems like the latter group has less issues with this.
sunnybeetroot 3mo ago
Will you still hate AI when it discovers the cure for your cancer?
- 63stack 3mo ago
  We can cross that bridge when we get there
- epgui 3mo ago
  It won’t. And I will. I’m not sure if your question misunderstands what AI is and what it can do, or if it misunderstands what cancer is and how medical research works.
  - sunnybeetroot 3mo ago
    It was more of an expression to say that AI will improve health outcomes due to its ability to increase the speed at which research is done.
    - jkadlec 3mo ago
      It might do that, but as it looks currently you likely won't stand to benefit.
    - vouaobrasil 3mo ago
      And what about the health outcomes that it will negatively impact? Like increased rare earth mining in poorer countries that cause illnesses? Oh wait, we're only talking about health incomes of those that can afford it. Never mind.
- Mezzie 3mo ago
  People can absolutely have complicated feelings about things that help them. My life is sustained by medicine produced by large international pharma companies, and I also feel really uncomfortable about that.
  - sunnybeetroot 3mo ago
    That’s fair, I think it’s possible to be both grateful for the existence of capitalism funding research into those companies and disgust over how much money they make.

1over137 3mo ago

>So jobs suck more Be careful not to generalize from your job. The programmers I know do not have jobs that sound like yours.

vouaobrasil 3mo ago
There's some truth in that but it's also a general feeling I get from browsing a lot of job boards. And I think in 10 years it's going to get worse for sure.
birdsongs 3mo ago
Eh, me and most people I know are burning out fast. There's a split between the people that love to program, for the sake of it, and those that just want a well paying job. Seems like the former group is hit the hardest re: morale. The job is just not fun anymore. It's prompting and reviewing an onslaught of mass amounts of code. No more problem solving or innovation. At least, in the ways we used to. Seems like the latter group has less issues with this.

sunnybeetroot 3mo ago

Will you still hate AI when it discovers the cure for your cancer?

63stack 3mo ago
We can cross that bridge when we get there
epgui 3mo ago
It won’t. And I will. I’m not sure if your question misunderstands what AI is and what it can do, or if it misunderstands what cancer is and how medical research works.
- sunnybeetroot 3mo ago
  It was more of an expression to say that AI will improve health outcomes due to its ability to increase the speed at which research is done.
  - jkadlec 3mo ago
    It might do that, but as it looks currently you likely won't stand to benefit.
  - vouaobrasil 3mo ago
    And what about the health outcomes that it will negatively impact? Like increased rare earth mining in poorer countries that cause illnesses? Oh wait, we're only talking about health incomes of those that can afford it. Never mind.
Mezzie 3mo ago
People can absolutely have complicated feelings about things that help them. My life is sustained by medicine produced by large international pharma companies, and I also feel really uncomfortable about that.
- sunnybeetroot 3mo ago
  That’s fair, I think it’s possible to be both grateful for the existence of capitalism funding research into those companies and disgust over how much money they make.