[KittenInABox]

I think the new thing that will be happening is that junior developers are dependent on chatgpt and ai for a knowledge base, which is itself powered by companies completely outside of their control. Worst case scenario is that I can always write my own interpreter, with which I can write my own development environments, etc etc. because I have the knowledge. New developers will end up in a state where if chatgpt decides to ban you from their services your career is SOL.

[generic92034]

> New developers will end up in a state where if chatgpt decides to ban you from their services your career is SOL.

Is that not an unlikely thing to happen at least for developers working as company employees? The company I am working for has a contract with several LLM providers and there is no option to ban individual employees, as far as I am aware.

For freelancing developers the risks might be greater, but then you are usually not starting as a freelancer as a junior.

[advael]

I mean this scenario as described is not a huge stretch given it happens to people using stuff like artistic software already. Shitty technology adoption curve for tool dependency and occasional rugpulls of it through bans has hit lots of creative professions at various times. First it's a subscription. Then you don't like the TOS but you can't walk. Then you already violated some TOS term you didn't know about and your stuff no longer works, maybe lost yer whole portfolio too. Don't tell me a business wouldn't