Firing programmers for AI is a mistake

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Post by frag » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 9:42 AM UTC

Firing programmers for AI is a mistake
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#2

Post by cranberryturkey » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 9:46 AM UTC

you still need a programmer

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Post by bryukh » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 9:49 AM UTC

"Let AI replace programmers" is the new "Let’s outsource everything to ." Short-term cost savings, long-term disaster.

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Post by outime » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 10:10 AM UTC

Has there been any company so far that has fired 100% of their programmers to replace them with AI?

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Post by UndefinedRef » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 10:12 AM UTC

outime wrote: post #4

Has there been any company so far that has fired 100% of their programmers to replace them with AI?

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Edit: I am a solo developer and I have to work half the time only now.

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Post by InDubioProRubio » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 10:13 AM UTC

Everything that is of low value. And its okay. If it is not useful to humanity, it should decay over time and fade away. Low value propositions should be loaded with parasitic computation, that burdens it with costs until it collapses and allows new growth to replace the old system.

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Post by monsieurbanana » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 10:13 AM UTC

outime wrote: post #4

Has there been any company so far that has fired 100% of their programmers to replace them with AI?

There's no serious sources about people wanting to fire 100% of [insert title here] for LLMs. It's more about reducing head-count by leveraging LLMs as a productivity multiplier.

I haven't heard of companies successfully doing that at scale though.

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Post by Aeolun » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 10:14 AM UTC

The same reason that outsourcing all your telecom infra to China is a bad idea.

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Post by black_13 » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 10:14 AM UTC

cranberryturkey wrote: post #2

you still need a programmer

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Post by ponector » Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 10:15 AM UTC

>>companies aren’t investing in junior developers

It was a case before AI as well.

Overall it reads the same as "Twitter will be destroyed by mass layoffs". But it is still online