Re:Society's Technical Debt and Software's Gutenberg Moment
by cowthulhu on Sunday March 26, 2023 @01:24PM
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It’s definitely sort of scary to me, but I’m hoping that it’ll be like previous times we have automated stuff - we’ll develop more advanced jobs on top of the new tech. So I don’t mean to be doom and gloom!
In terms of AI taking ALL THE JOBS... Maybe it will happen? Maybe it won't. But what action can we take from all this doom-scrolling? Other than "we should all be VERY CONCERNED." Which is just a way for us to stand around wringing our hands.
My conclusion is much the same as always: I can't grow complacent. Which we've known for years. "The industry is changing." Of course it is. It's been changing for ~80 years. And if you go back to similar advances, you'll see similar arguments.
Will this time be different? Maybe. But until it does, I think I'll continue to learn new skills (not just new languages/frameworks), refine my problem solving and troubleshooting, and above all, refine my people skills.
But I think I'll avoid the doom-scrolling. Either AI is coming for ALL THE JOBS or it isn't, but even knowing that it is doesn't give me anything actionable to do about it.