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by jon889 1174 days ago
They don't have to be sentient. It doesn't need to be better at creating software than humans. It needs to be cheap and good enough. Most apps and websites are pretty similar, eg, blogs, storefronts. We have whitelabel apps and websites already, they're about to become a lot more customisable by a lot more people.

It's the same as IKEA, it's not as good quality as a handcrafted table from the 1800s. But it works well for most situations and most people.

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The OP was describing their work on network code, not whitelabel websites. The work of making whitelabel websites was already hollowed out by firms in cheap markets (India, SE Asia).

A calculator didn't make mathematicians obsolete. It aided in the creation of more complex mathematicians.

Sure but it did make calculators and computers obsolete.

My mom was a computer in a bank. That was the name of her job.

Does your mom lament the fact that she is no longer a computer? Has she been jobless since?

Society evolves just at the available jobs do, due to technology.