[Our_Benefactors]

> In the meantime, your own skills will continue to atrophy the more you rely on this tech, instead of on your own intellect

You’re right. I’m going back to writing assembly. These compilers have totally atrophied my ability to write machine code!

[imiric]

Good on you! Writing assembly is a good way to understand how computers work, which can help you further up the stack.

[Our_Benefactors]

Assembly will not help you further up the stack which is working with agents, not writing code (obsolete skill). Apparently my /s was needed

[imiric]

I got your poor attempt at sarcasm. I just don't think it's a good argument.

The person who understands how lower levels of abstraction work, will always run circles technically around those who don't. Besides, "AI" tools are not a higher level of abstraction, and can't be compared to compilers. Their goal is to replace all cognitive work done by humans. If you think programming is obsolete, the same will eventually happen to whatever work you're doing today with agents. In the meantime, programmers will be in demand to fix issues caused by vibe coders.

[Our_Benefactors]

And I got your cheeky, dismissive attitude which completely misses the forest for the trees.

> In the meantime, programmers will be in demand to fix issues caused by vibe coders.

Yes, I agree. They’ll be lower on the totem pole than the vibe coders, too. Because the best vibe coders have the same skill set as you - years of classical engineering background. So how can one differentiate themself in the new world? I aspire to move up the totem pole, not down, and leaning into AI is the #1 way to do that. Staying a “bug fixer” only is what will push you out of employment.

[wtetzner]

This is a very flawed analogy.