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

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Post by atleastoptimal »

ex-aws-dude wrote: post #18
atleastoptimal wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The CEO of the company is not going to be directing the LLM Why not? Many CEOs are prompting LLMs and coding agents directly. What happens when the CEO -> LLM interaction is more efficient than CEO -> product person -> LLM? > If you want to argue for fully autonomous companies then thats drifting into sci-fi Why couldn't a software company be completely automated with sufficiently powerful LLM-run agents? What fund…

Because then you're just describing AGI not LLMs, which in the short term is obviously not happening Long term maybe but its not a very interesting conversation to talk about things that far out.

what are your definitions of “long term” and “short term” with respect to number of years

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

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Post by andrei_says_ »

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 an LLM to make decisions.

But let’s not use language which anctively obscures the decision makers in this process.

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

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Post by andrei_says_ »

erminpour wrote: post #7

"AI models are rapidly getting better." How many times are we going to keep hearing this? Give the horse the dang carrot! I'm so tired of hearing about AI.

AI models are rapidly getting better… at creating an unstoppable tide of hype about AI models rapidly getting better.

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

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Post by taurath »

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…

Only chumps believe them when they say there’s not a choice. I haven’t seen a single manager take a pay cut for doing a layoff after their decisions.

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

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Post by adampunk »

byoung2 wrote: post #14

Stepping back from LLMs, look at other jobs that could have been fully automated using technology, but haven't. Some jobs, like a grocery cashier could be automated with self check, or waiters could be replaced with phone ordering. We still have humans in these roles, decades after they could have been replaced.

Even in the US which lags behind in this area it would be obscene to claim that grocery cashiers aren't being actively replaced. That's just not connected to reality. Most grocery stores I've been in have essentially 1 open lane with a human where there used to be a half dozen. You might as well say that airline ticket agents haven't been replaced.

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

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Post by Copemaxxing »

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 got it done 5 minutes ago.

Now off to the other massive LLM Super Code Reviewer.

The off to the Mega Brain Ultra talented human coding team of one or a handful for the human touch.

Are you the cream of the crop?

If not, start making contingencies ...or cope harder.

Wake up!

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

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Post by nicbou »

I write guides for immigrants moving to Germany. I focus on the undocumented and unpredictable parts of German bureaucracy.

The stuff I document is happening offline behind closed doors. I create tools and leverage my contacts and audience to surface that information.

Then LLMs suck up that information and serves it to users without attribution or consent, and that is destroying the economics of doing my job.

But the job still needs to be done.

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

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Post by nicbou »

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

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