The Generative AI Con

Re:The Generative AI Con by sejje on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @12:33PM (#43092562)

> Any system that can do software engineering can solve any problem that requires intelligence. So, either my job is safe or I get to live through the fall of almost all white collar disciplines. There's not a huge middle ground.

How about the middle ground where a human using AI replaces you?

The human job is (maybe) safe, but your job?

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Re:The Generative AI Con by LPisGood on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @12:56PM (#43092907)

Of course that is exactly the middle ground that I’m not certain is so big.

Developer productivity has gone up immensely in the last 50 years and the industry is larger than ever.

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Re:The Generative AI Con by webmaven on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @04:53PM (#43095608)

Um. How are you measuring that productivity?

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Re:The Generative AI Con by LPisGood on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @05:03PM (#43095693)

Any meaningful metric.

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