[Xenoamorphous]

I am. And I fear developers using Copilot, ChatGPT etc. are helping to make this happen.

I'm not a luddite, actually quite the opposite, I'm all for the machines doing all the work. The thing is, I fear this is going to happen so quickly that even if governments and institutions had the intention to do something about it, they won't be able to do it in time. So whereas I wouldn't do anything to stop progress in this front, I also don't think I'd be willing to help get there (i.e. using Copilot and such).

I also fear that even if I don't lose my job it will change drastically, like the story, from Reddit I think, that made it to HN a few days ago where a passionate 3D artist was now prompting midjourney or whatever model and then doing some photoshop on top of it.

[acdha]

That last part is what I’m expecting: a lot of developers have been able to convince ourselves that our interests are aligned with upper management’s due to above-average pay and treatment, but that view is pretty heavily skewed one-way and a lot of companies resent the labor cost and lack of obsequiousness. Those places are going to see this as an opportunity to lower wages trying to turn the job into “just cleaning up what GPT creates”.