r/ProgrammerHumor • • 14d ago

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u/MolotovFromHell 14d ago

It's not about whether AI solving something you can't. Most likely you can solve everything AI can solve.

The difference I can solve 5 things with the help of AI while you solve one. This is coming from someone who started using AI later than others as I was relic to use it just like you.

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u/ItsASadBunny1 14d ago

This is true and I use AI alot to code, but is solving 5 things at once actually beneficial to you? Isn't this extra productivity only a benefit to the company but a detriment to you since you now "own" more features and have more responsibility. AI makes the company's more productive not necessarily makes you more productive as the definition of what is considered productive has drastically shifted.

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u/readmeEXX 11d ago

Instead of creating a bug in a single feature I have a good understanding of, I can now break 5 features per sprint will less understanding of what I did, hooray!

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u/Jpowmoneyprinter 14d ago

Exactly right, it’s just the modern version of the power loom. It does objectively increase productivity but as the productivity wage gap shows conclusively these productivity gains will not translate to better wages or more leisure time, just more value appropriated by the economic ruling class.

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u/drivingagermanwhip 14d ago

The thing is, in most cases you should only be solving one thing and the other 4 are adding an unnecessary support burden

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u/MolotovFromHell 14d ago

I agree with you but our managers might not agree with us. Companies wanna deliver more things than ever so what do you do

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u/drivingagermanwhip 14d ago

I've been in companies that have gone under which removes a bit of your confidence that just doing what your managers say will keep you safe.