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Ask HN: Why won't you be replaced by AI?

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Re: Ask HN: Why won't you be replaced by AI?

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Post by ex-aws-dude »

Copemaxxing wrote: post #27
ex-aws-dude wrote: post #8

Even if we assume extreme case where coding is only done by 99% LLMs in the future Who is the best possible person you could hire to operate the LLM? Who has a good mental model of what its doing underneath and has the best expertise to direct/guide it? IMO no one is better positioned to use these tools than software engineers

"IMO no one is better positioned to use these tools than software engineers" Yes.1 where there used to be 1000.And they are the cream of the crop.Their time is precious because their skills are equally so. Are you out coding the LLM's even now, or do they already do what took you weeks, in hours? While you are scoping out the scene and hesitating whether to tell the boss you will have it in two or three weeks, LLM go…

Lol where can I read this sci-fi book?

But seriously my whole team is using LLM tools and not a single person has been layed off.

Productivity doesn't even feel that much higher in terms of number of features shipped.

I think the reason is Amdahl's Law

Probably 40% of my job is actually writing code, so even if you speed that up by double its still a fraction of a fraction.

Re: Ask HN: Why won't you be replaced by AI?

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Post by the__alchemist »

Hi! I'm a mammal. I am very complex, and contain multitudes of cells, bacteria etc. Honed to very a very robust system over hundreds of millions of years. Anthropic's Mythos is a token. A pair of words which is scattered through threads on Hacker news.

Please report back when your God can fart.

Re: Ask HN: Why won't you be replaced by AI?

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Post by lelele »

atleastoptimal wrote: post #13
torben-friis wrote: post #12

LLMs will probably get to a point where anyone who provides a well explained, fully detailed account of what they want can get it. My job is safe.

Is the implication that currently it is rare to get a well-explained, fully detailed account of what someone wants, necessitating you as a "translator" of poorly specified requirements to features that actually solve the problems people are having? My question is, is that thing which you are doing, ascertaining the subtle concerns, soliciting requirements, etc. truly out of the range of what an LLM or LLM-guided syst…

In my experience, yes. AFAICS, LLMs never think out of the box, and are heavily influenced by the way you ask questions.

Re: Ask HN: Why won't you be replaced by AI?

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Post by andrei_says_ »

nicbou wrote: post #30
andrei_says_ wrote: post #22

Interesting how we’re using passive language here. LLMs do not replace jobs, managers constantly try to increase profit. Managers and business owners try to replace people’s jobs via automation. LLM companies actively try to convince managers and business owners that LLMs are capable of replacing humans in white collar jobs. An LLM/AI will not replace you, or me. A business owner or manager might. They also might use…

I am self-employed and AI is taking my job. Or at least its owners are capturing the value of my work now. https://nicolasbouliane.com/blog/death-by-ai

All about Berlin is a work of love, thank you for creating it.

LLMs stealing content and regurgitating it for money is an illegal extraction of informational value. The fact that our governments have not taken steps to seek balance of rewards for the authors is unforgivable.

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