But no one is hyping the fact that Bob the mediocre coder is going to replace us.
But Bob isn’t getting better every 6 months
If you’re not getting any better you are indeed in trouble.
I’ve definitely improved at a faster rate than LLMs over the last 6 months
Let’s see the evals
Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts
by sksisoakanan on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @10:06AM
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https://the-decoder.com/openai-quietly-funded-independent-ma...
You mean these?
I use AI everyday but you’ve got hundreds of billions of dollars and Scam Altman (known for having no morals and playing dirty) et al on “your” side. The only thing AI skeptics have is anecdotes and time. Having a principled argument isn’t really possible.
The median dev is not named Bob, but Amit, Rahul or Vivek and they replaced most of you years ago.
If that was true why would we be told llms would replace us? Would us having already been replaced mean we weren’t working?
Also this is kind of racist.
Do you know what the word most means?
Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts
by datadrivenangel on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @09:16AM
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Offshoring / nearshoring has been here for decades!
Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts
by code_for_monkey on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @10:22AM
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what no one is reckoning with right here
The AI skeptics are mostly correctly reacting to the AI hypists, who are usually shitty linkedin influencer type dudes crowing about how they never have to pay anyone again. its very natural, even intelligent to not trust this now that its filling the same bubble as NFTs a few years ago. I think its okay to stay skeptical and see where the chips fall in a few years at this point.
If I can reduce this even by 10% for 20 dollars it’s a bargain.