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by sph 1 day ago
Are you seriously asking if employing people, for the same cost, is a better ‘investment’ than relying on LLMs? Jesus Christ.
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I am because CEOs are. Look where the puck is going. Sorry to update your p(doom) priors in this way, it was obvious to anyone paying attention years ago conditioned on uplift trend persisting. Trend persisted and here we are.
If I was offered another dev on my team or their salary in Claude credits, and told to meet a deadline with a gun to my head, I’m taking the credits.
I’m asking this question right now.
Welcome to the new world. People start to repeat what tech founders preach. They do not require humans in the mix. Peter Thiel gave a good example of that mindset in a (mostly) recent interview where he didn't have an answer on "Should humanity survive?"

https://youtu.be/ngtp3v1_nCI