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"Let AI replace programmers" is the new "Let’s outsource everything to ." Short-term cost savings, long-term disaster.
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Yes banks employ less people. In my country there are now account managers handling hundreds of clients virtually. Most of the local managers got fired. I find it easy to say from our privileged position that "tech might replace workers but it'll be fine". Even if all the replaced people aren't unemployed, salaries go down and standards of living for them fall off a cliff. Tech innovation destroys lives in our curren…
> Tech innovation destroys lives in our current capitalist society because only the owners get the benefits. If you want to become a (partial) owner, buy stocks. :-)
For each programmer who actually spends their time on complex design work or fixing difficult bugs, there are many more doing what amounts to clerical work. Adding a new form here, fiddling with a layout there. It is the latter class who are in real danger.
The AI only world is still one where the form and layout get done, but what happens to that data afterward?
"Let AI replace programmers" is the new "Let’s outsource everything to ." Short-term cost savings, long-term disaster.
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"Let AI replace programmers" is the new "Let’s outsource everything to ." Short-term cost savings, long-term disaster.
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"Let AI replace programmers" is the new "Let’s outsource everything to ." Short-term cost savings, long-term disaster.
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Outsourcing abroad is more difficult because of cultural differences though. Having worked with outsourced devs in India, I found that we got a lot of nodding in meetings when asked if they understood, avoiding saying no, and then it became clear when PRs came in that they didn't actually understand or do what they had been asked to do.
We have fired all our programmers. However, the AI is hard to work with, it expects specific wording in order to program our code as expected. We have hired people with expertise in the specific language needed to transmit our specifications to the AI with more precision.
Also known as programmers.
The "AI" part is irrelevant. Someone with expertise in transmitting specifications to a computer is a programmer, no matter the language.
EDIT: Yep, I realized that it could be the joke, but reading the other comments, it wasn't obvious.
"Let AI replace programmers" is the new "Let’s outsource everything to ." Short-term cost savings, long-term disaster.
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Build up to it and foster growth in your overseas teams and you’ll do well. Thinking you can transform your department overnight _is_ a great way to boost your share price, cash out on a fat payday and walk away before your product quality tanks.
We have fired all our programmers. However, the AI is hard to work with, it expects specific wording in order to program our code as expected. We have hired people with expertise in the specific language needed to transmit our specifications to the AI with more precision.
What job title are you thinking of using?