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by gspr 15 days ago
> I've yet to hear an argument that argues that software engineers can be replaced by AI that doesnt boil down to slop apologism, inability to detect slop or simple gaslighting.

That, or extreme extrapolation from events that form a vanishingly tiny part of the job of a software engineer. "Last week my AI solved this amazing software problem that I had struggled with" very quickly becomes "the AI is better at software than I am". Any pushback suggesting that the fact that something (or someone) did one tiny part of your job better than you one time does not mean you should be replaced, is quickly met with "yeah, but that's today, imagine how amazing the models will be in n years".

You can't win a debate with this much moving of goalposts.