Full disclosure for bias - this is a video published on my company's LinkedIn page and this is my partner speaking, but this is one of the best answers to the question I've heard:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7084626623039209472
u/madderall_dot_com wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Sorry, but she's not drawing accurate parallels here.
She's talking more about the evolution of doing repetitive tasks within the industry.
What's happening is more of a revolution.
Even today's "infant-level" AI is better at coding than 99% of junior devs fresh out of colle
u/michaelnovatireplied·
Sounds like you would enjoy this debate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMnH6KYNuWg
u/Donnie_In_Element wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I just realized I am not cut out for coding because that video was just gibberish to me.
u/michaelnovatireplied·
You might be just earlier on in the journey. The message in the video is meant for people who are already coding and concerned about the future of coding.
u/Fun_Gas_7777 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
not sure why this is downvoted.
u/michaelnovatireplied·
I downvoted it and can explain my reasons. I don't think it's entirely bad it's just making a series of conclusions where each point could be sourced better with either data or a first principles argument.
For starters, no proof or evidence cited that AI can replace 99% of junior devs.
u/madderall_dot_com wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
"No proof or evidence cited that automobiles can replace 99% of horses"
\-Horse & Hound Magazine, January 29 1886.
u/michaelnovatireplied·
...and automobiles created tens of millions of engineering jobs and trillions of dollars of economic value.
We agree AI will drastically change the engineering industry. My view is it will create 10X more jobs than we have now doing computer related work.