[kertoip_1]

The job of a programmer isn't to write code, but to automate things. Code itself doesn't have any value unless it solves some real problem not related to coding.

So if the work of a programmer can be automated then this means that any work can be automated. So no, it's not about software engineering only.

[emil-lp]

> if the work of a programmer can be automated then this means that any work can be automated

This is a very typical programmer thing to say.

[imdsm]

i think most things can be automated, but not everything

i think AI will just replace jobs with new jobs, and humans will continue with open-ended goal setting, and probably jobs where being human is necessary: responsibility and authenticity, so judges, politics, leaders, chefs, etc.

so in a way, the above commenter was correct, anything a programmer can automate, AI can do

[hoppp]

It is a little bit suspicious that the big replacement didn't happen, yet.

If it was so valuable then AI companies would directly create valuable things, not just sell API tokens.

A proof like this is a good effort at trying to provide value directly, but still far away from real use.

When OpenAI cures cancer I'll accept the fate, but till then I'm still seeing a lot of gambling going on.

[deebosong]

Reminds me of crypto. A lotta tokens. A lotta gambling. Very little supplanting of crypto from fiat. Very few use-cases that revolutionize society, etc.

[hoppp]

LLMs are genuinely useful but the cult surrounding it makes it super sketchy.

Tech needs no anti-humanist and low empathy cults. It's a disgrace to the technology.

[hoppp]

Code that solves a problem related to coding absolutely have value.

Compilers, programming languages, IDEs, toolings all solve problems related to coding and are valuable.