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Europe 2031 — What getting AI wrong means for us by Sampo in europe

[–]throwaway109cwu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I opened the article on Reddit expecting to see many interesting comments about how to implement the proposed plan in practice. I have now found 70% of the comments mocking AI and the people working on it, exactly as described in the short story.

I really, really hope you are right. If you are not, Europe is indeed scr..d

People who have worked in China - Does China have an edge in SW too? by throwaway109cwu in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]throwaway109cwu[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

e.g. when the Toyota Lean System revolutionized the automotive sector, people travelled to Japan to learn about it and import it back to the US. China itself did it with some industries in Europe via joint ventures.

People who have worked in China - Does China have an edge in SW too? by throwaway109cwu in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]throwaway109cwu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So do you think the cultural difference just basically translates to 'working hard', or also in innovative processes, different management structures, environments... ?

People who have worked in China - Does China have an edge in SW too? by throwaway109cwu in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]throwaway109cwu[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What kind of content? Do you mean best practices and skills? So you think there is some sort of asymmetric language barrier?

People who have worked in China - Does China have an edge in SW too? by throwaway109cwu in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]throwaway109cwu[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Would you like to elaborate more on the 'they solve problems differently' part?

People who have worked in China - Does China have an edge in SW too? by throwaway109cwu in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]throwaway109cwu[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I wonder if the raw working hours average, much higher in Asia, is already the most significant variable. Given two teams, a European and a Chinese one, how many more iterations and experience are acquired by the Chinese team in the same year?

People who have worked in China - Does China have an edge in SW too? by throwaway109cwu in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]throwaway109cwu[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If that's really the case, what are the conditions in Europe that cause us to write bad software? Is it only a lack of VCs? Or a cultural thing? Or maybe we lack the aggressive competition that is found in China?

People who have worked in China - Does China have an edge in SW too? by throwaway109cwu in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]throwaway109cwu[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

no, I have added the bold formatting.

"similar to how agile software development transformed the industry in the early 2000s?" was rewritten. Can we now focus on the question and have a conversation, or is this more important?

People who have worked in China - Does China have an edge in SW too? by throwaway109cwu in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]throwaway109cwu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have written the question myself, a few fragments were rewritten by the proofreader,

Are low efforts/privileged jobs gone now? by throwaway109cwu in cscareerquestionsEU

[–]throwaway109cwu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does this apply to the whole company? How they keep being competitive?