Because it’s being used as an excuse to fire people and overwork whoever’s left. Nobody wants to work in a sweatshop.
If this was all it is, there would be no real reason for anyone to be complaining. If the technology really were a dead end and all the managers were just deluded by marketing, then the situation will self-correct sooner rather than later when companies run into trouble when AI fails to produce results after they fired most of their developers.
We’re currently into year 2 (or more, depending on how you count) of this shift happening and I’m not seeing many signs of such a correction on the horizon.
So yeah, wake me up when it’s actually capable of automating my job
Automation does not need to replace every human to have an impact on the labour economy. It’s enough for it to increase efficiency to make some portion of the workforce redundant. AI doesn’t need to automate your job to put you out of a job. All it has to do is enable a colleague of yours to do both their job and yours.
This is factually happening particularly to entry level programming jobs. Rejecting AI is not going to change this reality. The only sane choice is to accept it on our terms and fight to ensure the change works in our favour and not against us.
We’re currently into year 2 (or more, depending on how you count) of this shift happening and I’m not seeing many signs of such a correction on the horizon.
The entire stock market is in a bubble. You don’t need me to explain why - there are so many articles and videos online covering it, from well-known video journalists like GamersNexus to written articles by Financial Times. This Wikipedia article covers both sides, though you’ll notice that the oppositions on that page come from people with a financial interest in it. The correction to this bubble would cripple the economy (which seems to be a recurring phenomenon these days).
This is factually happening particularly to entry level programming jobs.
Entry level jobs were never about productivity. They were about investment. Weird to say that AI is “replacing” them when it was never about them being super productive.
The rest makes no sense. You’d hire more people if their output is so high because every programmer would be worth way more than what you’re paying them.
If this was all it is, there would be no real reason for anyone to be complaining. If the technology really were a dead end and all the managers were just deluded by marketing, then the situation will self-correct sooner rather than later when companies run into trouble when AI fails to produce results after they fired most of their developers.
We’re currently into year 2 (or more, depending on how you count) of this shift happening and I’m not seeing many signs of such a correction on the horizon.
Automation does not need to replace every human to have an impact on the labour economy. It’s enough for it to increase efficiency to make some portion of the workforce redundant. AI doesn’t need to automate your job to put you out of a job. All it has to do is enable a colleague of yours to do both their job and yours.
This is factually happening particularly to entry level programming jobs. Rejecting AI is not going to change this reality. The only sane choice is to accept it on our terms and fight to ensure the change works in our favour and not against us.
The entire stock market is in a bubble. You don’t need me to explain why - there are so many articles and videos online covering it, from well-known video journalists like GamersNexus to written articles by Financial Times. This Wikipedia article covers both sides, though you’ll notice that the oppositions on that page come from people with a financial interest in it. The correction to this bubble would cripple the economy (which seems to be a recurring phenomenon these days).
Entry level jobs were never about productivity. They were about investment. Weird to say that AI is “replacing” them when it was never about them being super productive.
The rest makes no sense. You’d hire more people if their output is so high because every programmer would be worth way more than what you’re paying them.
Yeah I’m kinda done arguing with that guy too, probably asking Grok to come up with arguments 😭