[nemo44x]

Wouldn’t this actually create more demand for programmers? More businesses can exist that have a need for software. To date every advance in programming efficiency has resulted in more tech, not less.

Additionally there’s the math behind it. If Company A fires 50% of their staff because AI lets the remaining 50% work at twice the productivity then how will they compete with Company B that keeps their staff and now gets 200% efficiency?

The math is in favor of getting more, not fewer, developers.

[yonaguska]

Yep, I personally see the cost of doing a start-up going way down for individual developers or even junior developers.

[cguess]

You know, until that AI code breaks and you have no idea what's going on internally.

You know how hard it is to start debugging a project you haven't been onboarded to? Now imagine that every time something has a hiccup.

[anon7725]

This is the ray of sunshine in all this AI stuff, to me.

[marstall]

yes - and in another way, too. a lot of the demand for programmers is driven by successive waves of new technology adoption and investment - and AI is looking to be a motherload that should keep us going for awhile.