Generative AI can make experienced programmers more productive, potentially eliminating tasks done by junior developers as companies use the tech to save money
Artificial-intelligence software is eating the software industry, as companies turn to generative AI tools to save money on programmers. Mastodon: @flargh@mastodon.social and @mimsical@mastodon.social . Twitter: @kevinokeefe Mastodon: Peter Cohen / @flargh@mastodon.social : AI poses a significant threat to early-career developers who often get tasked with the stuff that AI is now being trained to do, according to this piece from @mimsical. — Gift link: https://www.wsj.com/... Christopher Mims / @mimsical@mastodon.social : What Will AI Do to Your Job? Take a Look at What It's Already Doing to Coders — Software is eating the software industry — Companies turn to generative AI tools to save money on programmers — “If I were an investor, and my companies were thinking about hiring hundreds of engineers, I'd say, well, maybe instead you can use AI to be more productive.” … Twitter: Kevin O'Keefe / @kevinokeefe : AI is set to do to computer programing what automation has done to jobs, from the factory floor to the call center. Such roles being replaced with ones that require either relatively little skill/knowledge or a great deal more. https://www.wsj.com/... from @WSJ [image]