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by CuriouslyC 20 days ago
You act like humanity doesn't exist in a competitive environment. If you think AI codegen is a mistake? Just relax, keep writing code by hand and wait for the pendulum to prove you right while showering you in wealth. There are plenty of people making this bet, and I wish the best of luck to you because I'm 99% certain you're on the losing end of it.
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Arainach 20 days ago
The market can remain irrational longer than any of us can remain solvent. The market is not any good at strategic or long-term thinking, particularly if it takes a generation to realize the scope of the damage, as seen by America abandoning its ability to manufacture things in chase of short term profits.
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abalashov 20 days ago
This is exactly the right answer. The supposed "rationality" of capitalism can ruin us before we get a chance to dazzle the world with our contrarian insights.
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rightbyte 20 days ago
I hate how that very argument has been used by people riding the tide to rationalize the irrationality. Money talks or something. If you don't like it here why don't you leave etc. It is a grifters goto statement.
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adalacelove 20 days ago
The very point of the article is that you can win individually and lose as a colective, and that the competitive nature of the field goes against the greater good. And the people betting against AI will be ripped off.
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lelanthran 20 days ago
> You act like humanity doesn't exist in a competitive environment. If you think AI codegen is a mistake? Just relax, keep writing code by hand and wait for the pendulum to prove you right while showering you in wealth. There are plenty of people making this bet, and I wish the best of luck to you because I'm 99% certain you're on the losing end of it.

I don't really get this sentiment. You can be in a competitive environment, but it means nothing if the incentives are skewed.

Ever heard of "a race to the bottom"? That's a competitive environment too, after all, and no one thinks it's positive when applied to humans.

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rightbyte 20 days ago
> the pendulum to prove you right while showering you in wealth.

This seems like some variant of "why don't you short the market and become rich". It doesn't work like that.

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claytongulick 20 days ago
Alternatively, you can walk away from your career in disgust, taking your skills and experience with you, as many people are.

Should be interesting to see what happens to the programming profession when there isn't anyone around anymore who actually knows programming.

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