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Hammershaft | 18 days ago

Even as a software developer affected by it, I don't think it should be banned. Productivity improvements are how we get richer in aggregate over the long term, even if those impacted (like you & me) might feel the brunt of transitional pain.

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blibble|18 days ago

> Productivity improvements

jury's out on this one too

I can believe short term productivty gain

but from someone's who has spent years un-fucking codebases that were handed over to outsourced teams... this all looks very familiar

xyzsparetimexyz|18 days ago

Its how some people will get rich. It won't be how you get rich.

Wilder7977|18 days ago

"In aggregate" means few individuals on the planet, unfortunately, not the whole collectivity. This makes your statement almost almost surreal in my eyes.

Hammershaft|18 days ago

Yes, outsized gains are shifting to capital, but cheaper software development means more software & more competition which benefits people across the world.

palmotea|18 days ago

> Even as a software developer affected by it, I don't think it should be banned. Productivity improvements are how we get richer in aggregate over the long term, even if those impacted (like you & me) might feel the brunt of transitional pain.

FYI: software developers can be pretty dumb, and believe (and spread!) the propaganda fed to them even when it's starkly against our interests. I think it has something to do with being smart and wanting to appear clever.

You won't be richer over the long term. AI is a technology for concentrating wealth further, and some cheap crap will be your consolation prize for losing.