[droopyEyelids]

The dystopia is already normal.

The firm can't really afford to care too much about why its workers entered their professions. The firm has to care about the cost of its inputs and margin lest it be devoured by a competitor or private equity.

[layer8]

This subthread started by welcoming that you can be more efficient by spending less time writing code and more time prompting an AI and double-checking what it produces. My point is that’s not an attractive outlook for many software developers, and as one of them I certainly don’t welcome it. From that perspective, the progress in AI may turn out to not a benefit for those software developers, in terms of job satisfaction.

The fact that companies may see that differently is beside the point, and I don’t particularly expect them to care for my preferences. I will however certainly continue to choose employers that happen to accommodate my preferences.