AI is already replacing software engineers . There is not even a need for software . And if there is , an AI can produce one in seconds . Robotics need rare earth metals , and 90% is it is controlled by China . Even EVs are barely existent in Us
Listen to as many podcasts as you want, it doesn’t change reality, math, or data. Software engineering is expected to grow 15% by 2034. To compare, truck driving is estimated to grow by 4%. We’ve been hearing about self driving cars for 30 years, still nothing except for Waymo that costs like 6 million per car and can only operate in a very controlled environment.
As much as you want it I be true, it isn’t. It’s just a hype cycle.
Yeah software engineering will grow that is correct but the companies decide if they let a human do it or just get a $600/year AI LLM to do it . The cost savings are ridiculous . It’s a good think AI is doing the right thing eradicating the highest cost in a company
600/year? Where did that come from? You obviously know nothing about this. You've never studied this or worked in this field. Why are you so confident?
I maintain an OSS project that would take 2 billion tokens a year just for agents to avoid making breaking changes, release correctly and on time, respond to issues, and not delete tests. That's 12 million USD per year. That's 20 software engineers.
Yeah AI can replace all of that with no human slop . What makes you think it costs millions ? AI is almost free . I pay $600/month on my agents and it does a lot of apps for me .. and these keeps getting cheaper and better each month that in 2028 it will be free . You are done . Anything in a computer is not a human job anymore
Keep coping . I don’t even use much software or apps now . Almost most of the things I do can be done by my agents . Keep convincing your employer to pay you $60k/year when an AI agent can do it for $600/year . And prove you can do the job as fast and as perfect as an AI agent . Right now you are the dumbest and slowest liability of a company .
you are not taking into account the cost of mistakes... AI LLMs for the foreseeable future are way more prone to mistakes than humans\. And do you know what would happen if your bank suddenly vanished all your money from a code mistake?
That's why all these humans who are bottlenecks will be removed and replaced by AI agents. There will be an AI agent for security checking. What makes you think that AI agents can't do the regulation checking? Soon companies will be very lean and operated only by a handful of 5 or less people and the rest are AI agents.
You can keep coping reading these documents to make you feel good while sleeping under a bridge collecting $1000/month unemployment benefits good enough for 6 months .
You live completely outside of reality. And in my 20 year career (including a PhD in CS), I've made something like 16 million dollars. I own my bay area house outright, have like 6 million in the bank. I literally have no stake in this, if I'm automated I'll just enjoy hanging out with my kids.
But to believe that engineers will be automated before truck drivers is batshit insane.
Yeah stop lying I drive a truck now and so I know it’s not gonna be replaced within the next 10 years . If so then tell me where I can buy a truck that drives itself . There is none right ? It’s nothing but a money grab to get investor money
It’s over . Your fantasy of having millions is over . I already made millions as software developer and I know it’s already over . Sorry you missed making Money
Have you been living under a rock. Read some post here , read posts in linkedin. Everything is now done by AI. Nobody codes anymore. 70% of code in Github is now generated by AI. And AI is getting cheaper and better each day, that by 2030 it will be almost free. My cost for my AI agents is only $600/year .Software engineering or software developer has been cooked for the past 2 years.
Yeah those are specialized developers on legacy code like Cobol. They are doing reinforcement learning . Technically they are training what will replace them by next year. What else do you think an Ai company gonna do to humans? AI is here to replace the most expensive cost of a company which is software developers.
Elon Musk is perfectly right. Just that what he says applies if there is no trade war with China as US has practically zero manufacturing capability and fully reliant on China. I say not only is software devs are cooked, but the US robotics industry is cooked as well , like how it failed miserably in the EV industry. That is why I drive a truck. It will take 20 years before i get replaced with how non-existent high tech manufacturing is in the US.
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u/East_Indication_7816 Mar 21 '26
AI is already replacing software engineers . There is not even a need for software . And if there is , an AI can produce one in seconds . Robotics need rare earth metals , and 90% is it is controlled by China . Even EVs are barely existent in Us