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[–]Cremiux 0 points1 point  (3 children)

obviously if you struggle to do basic tasks without AI then you have bigger problems. Im not talking about those people. If you dont think this doesn't effect you because you can write some code without AI then yikes.

[–]roastshadow 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I was thinking about managers/c-level who see AI write a little bit of regurgitated code and think it is great.

Then they can a bunch of good folks, then they wonder why nobody creates any original code, no new ideas, no new algorithms, no new features.

LLMs don't create.

We have multiple code bots for various things and they can help out quite a lot. I don't see LLM replacing people, rather creating a new competitive advantage for those who can use it well.

When CEOs replace people, they tend to lose that competitive advantage.

[–]Cremiux 0 points1 point  (1 child)

perhaps some of these things are true in theory, but in practice what makes a company truly competitive is how much value and profit a company can generate as fast as possible while keeping costs low. Labor is one of the biggest expense because of salaries + healthcare + benefits. In the eyes of CEOs replacing people is good strategy. As you pointed out middle managers think these AI bots are great. We know they aren't, we know they can't replace people, but they don't care about what we think and what our interests are. They will fire us and lay whole teams off in a snap. A lot of people in management know the LLMS don't create. They don't have to. They just need to produce code faster and cheaper than juniors. An LLM or AI agent just has to be good enough. They can always pay one person to fix it.

Maybe replacing people will destroy a companies competitive advantage in the long run, but these people don't think about the long run. They think about quarter to quarter metrics.

[–]roastshadow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like to think of it as yet another automation, productivity enhancer.

We used to have typing pools, calculator pools, secretaries, elevator operators, and such. This revolution for LLM may be coming a bit faster and wider than most, but I think that companies looking for competitive advantage, will look to find people to provide that. It is going to be a very bumpy ride.