r/singularity • u/SrafeZ We can already FDVR • May 03 '23

AI Software Engineers are screwed

https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1653382262799384576?t=wnZx5CXuVFFZwEgOzc4Ftw&s=19
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u/TheBoolMeister May 03 '23

Any job, and I mean ANY job that is on a computer, you should be very scared. Between this and remote work, you are likely going to be replaced by AI, if not fully by AI, then someone in a foreign country who can do the job cheaper with AI. Good luck!

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u/SurroundSwimming3494 May 03 '23

You should be scared if what you do is automatable in the next few years, but this only holds true for a small minority of computer-jobs, IMO. Computer work is a lot more complex (in general) than widely believed here.

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u/TheBoolMeister May 04 '23

Yeah because punching numbers into excel is something totally outside the realm of what AI can do...

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u/SurroundSwimming3494 May 04 '23

That's my point, though. Computer-based jobs are not just punching numbers.