Re:GitHub Copilot
by hn_throwaway_99 on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @04:49PM
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> If they do more for the same cost, they are cheaper. You as a developer will be earning less in relation to the value you create.
Welcome to the definition of productivity increases, which is the only way an economy can increase standard of living without inflation.
Re:GitHub Copilot
by Jeff_Brown on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @12:00AM
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Inflation and productivity might be correlated but neither is a function of the other. Given any hypothetical world where increased productivity leads to inflation, there's a corresponding world equal in all respects except that the money supply shrinks enough to offset that inflation.
Maybe many. If the cost/benefit equation doesn't work, it makes no sense to do the project.
> I don't think software engineers will get much cheaper, they'll just do a lot more.
If they do more for the same cost, they are cheaper. You as a developer will be earning less in relation to the value you create.