[prof_hobart]

It's only degrading to your profession if it's actually true.

I was a software developer for many years, and I've seen hundreds of claims for software to automate (in one guise or other) that job, replacing the need for coders.

None of these claims offended me. The vast majority have been comically useless. The rest have just helped remove some dull bit of grunt work out of the job, allowing me to focus on something more valuable.

[WhitneyLand]

Disagree. It's not degrading even if it is true. Automation has been displacing people for how long now?

I would argue it's hubris to think one brain could forever outperform the cumulative experience and information that we can automate.

[prof_hobart]

That doesn't stop it being potentially degrading though.

When people, and even entire communities, define themselves by the job they do, they often end up feeling degraded and worthless as the jobs are replaced.

Doesn't mean that the automation shouldn't happen. But that sense of degradation is real for some people.

[tripzilch]

And then, we'll automate hubris.