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Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by sanex on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @12:13AM (#47057427)
Not all code generates economic value. See slacks, jiras, etc constant ui updates.
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Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by fakedang on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @03:58AM (#47058852)
That makes it a perfect use case for AI, since now you don't need a dev for that. Any devs doing that would, imo, be effectively performing one of David Graeber's bullshit jobs.
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Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by cucumber3732842 on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @08:01AM (#47060494)
High quality code that does exactly what it needs to do and well and that makes various actors and organizations far more efficient at their jobs... but their jobs are of negative economic value.
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