[paulluuk]

Thanking of yourself as "redundant" limits your view of a human to that of a machine, and in doing so you are doing humanity a great disservice. I'd recommend reading the Culture series for a vision of a future where AI has essentially taken over and humans can live out their lives as they want instead of as they need to.

[voidspark]

What if you WANT to have a career or a job which is now done exclusively by AGI?

[chii]

There are still blacksmiths today, selling artisanal products. I dont believe it to be any different with the advent of AGI.

What you don't get of course, is the economic benefit of previously.

[voidspark]

If AGI takes my job as a software developer, my career is finished. I don't know what else to do.

Companies won't give a shit about "artisanal" code.

[Juliate]

You don't need "companies". You need enough customers to buy/support your work so that you get a living out of it.

Being a software developer is a _facet_ of your work. You (unconsciously perhaps) do many other things around/with it that the most efficient AI today cannot do alone. And AGI is still far on the horizon, if not a mirage.

[voidspark]

Hey we're talking about a future scenario where AGI actually exists and is vastly better at software development than any human, and can do it much cheaper than current developer salaries.

We're talking about science fiction which may become true much sooner than most people expect.

I would be competing with cheap AGI services so it makes no difference whether I am a freelancer or not.

> Being a software developer is a _facet_ of your work. You (unconsciously perhaps) do many other things around/with it

The non-development parts of my job are not interesting at all. If that's gone then my career is finished. I'm done.

[chii]

> scenario where AGI actually exists and is vastly better at software development than any human

then humans deservedly should no longer be doing software development, and those who were doing it would necessarily be the economic sacrifices. This has happened to many industries before, and shall continue to happen to others. I don't think there's any necessity to stop it - just ease the transition via taxpayer funded schemes.

However, none of this stops anyone from persuing an artisanal craft - because otherwise, they would be persuing it for economic reasons rather than artistic reasons.

[SirMaster]

You sound really jaded and close minded to me in your posts. If AI replaces software development, the only reason you are "done" is because you are jaded and close minded and seemingly unwilling to adapt to the world and life.

[balfirevic]

> What if you WANT to have a career or a job which is now done exclusively by AGI?

> If AGI takes my job as a software developer, my career is finished. I don't know what else to do.

Do you want to have a software developer career for the sake of having a software developer career (because you enjoy it), or are you worried about your livelihood?

[voidspark]

It's what I've always been interested in doing, and it's how I make a living.

I don't want free money just handed out like UBI. That would be depressing. I also don't want retirement.

Many people don't want to be forced into early retirement.

[SirMaster]

Use your imagination a little... There are endless things you can do. I don't understand this mindset. Especially if you are intelligent enough to be a competent software developer, you have the capacity to do a LOT or at least in my experience you probably do.

[voidspark]

I am using my imagination. I am talking about a future scenario where the value of human labour drops to zero.

ASI. Artificial Super Intelligence. All jobs replaced by machines.

Many people derive a sense of purpose from their hard work, skill mastery, and its contribution to society.

[paulluuk]

It depends; if you do that job or career for fun, then keep doing it! If you do that job because you like contributing to society and not because you like the job itself, then find another way to contribute to society.

Even in a scenario where all jobs are taken by AGI (a utopia if we can get rid of capitalism and wealth, but a dystopia if the billionaire class is the only one that benefits), you could do something as profound as raising children, or something as social as organizing music and art festivals.