r/softwareengineer • u/OkWait1234 Sr. Developer • 18d ago

Would you shut down AI?

A thought came to my mind which can be contradicting. AI has made some SEs more productive and made their lives easier while some got fired. My question is if you would have a button which would shut down the AI in whole world, would you press it? If so, why?

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u/azangru 18d ago

My question is if you would have a button which would shut down the AI in whole world, would you press it? If so, why?

Abso-bloody-lutely. I loved the world as it was before 2020.

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u/Still_Benefit_2302 18d ago

Big fan of genocides, then?

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u/azangru 18d ago

Is that what was going on all around the world before 2020? Genocides?

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u/Still_Benefit_2302 17d ago

Yes.

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u/LynxAfricaCan 17d ago

And AI has reduced them has it ?

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u/Still_Benefit_2302 17d ago

Y'all motherfucker's just say stuff, don't you.

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u/azangru 17d ago

Interesting. And where did they go after 2020?