Let’s assume that in 10 years, AI has advanced absurdly, insanely fast, and is now capable of doing everything a Senior SWE can do. It can program in 15 different languages, 95% accuracy with almost no mistakes, can create entire applications in minutes, and no more engineers or SWEs are needed… What will all the devs do? Do they just become homeless? Transition to medical field, nursing? Become tradespeople like plumbers, HVAC?

  • lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com
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    14 hours ago

    If it is able to replace software devs, it’s probably able to replace 95% of the jobs that require mainly using your brain.

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      Yeah it’s being applied to software devs right now but it’s already capable of replacing nearly every manager/supervisor in existence.

      It can make schedules, direct tasks based on inventory, and balance a budget. Have a human backup available on call to fix hallucinations and you’re golden.