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by yagodragon 1288 days ago
As a developer, I legit feel crippling anxiety and might need professional help.

People saying it's not intelligent, really don't get it. It looks like it's working exactly like the human brain. We, humans, also pretend to know what we're talking about and often talk with authority without really understanding what's going on. When you apply for a react.js position you pretend to be a js God when in fact you know shit, just enough to be able to stitch things together to make them work.

The rate at which technology, languages and frameworks change also doesn't give you the ability to master your craft. In fact, mastering a specific tool/framework is risky for your career because of new tools emerging every 3-5 years. Every company uses a variation of react,vue,python,go,java,ruby whatever, it's impossible for the human brain to keep up and be good at everything. We can only scratch the surface of the complicated mess of a tech stack and that's exactly what gpt3 is extremely good at right now. So yeah, I fear a lot...

I can't imagine how good this is gonna be in 5-10 years. I legit feel scared and anxious. How can we prepare for this future?

2 comments

Let the dust settle before you start predicting the end of your career
Have you tried chatting to it? I think it would ease your anxiety. It is impressive, but you'll see what it's definitely not when you actually sit down and quiz it. Still impressed though.