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by mooreds 104 days ago
I think this is true.

The closest analogy for AI, IMO, is not intellisense or auto-complete. It is cloud (there's a case to be made for compilers too; I'll leave that as an exercise for the reader).

Cloud, like AI:

* transformed hard things that took a lot of time and expertise into simpler things (do you remember setting up database replication?)

* came with a lot of hype but ultimately provided a lot of value (do you remember grid computing?)

* had plenty of skeptics (see this reddit thread which has some examples[0])

* was adopted at various speeds depending on the person and company

* caused security concerns[1]

In the end, people found a place for cloud. It is still growing, but not everything will run on cloud.

The same is true of AI. People will find a place for it. It won't do everything. But just as many sysadmins were forced to adapt to cloud, many developers will be forced to adapt to AI.

0: https://www.reddit.com/r/aws/comments/59ty7u/which_companies...

1: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S10848...