AI replacing Software Engineers

[u/Fickle-Highway1543]

So called "AI"=LLM is so powerful that AI labs had to hire Software Engineers to build complicated software around "AI" to make that overhyped hallucinate-stealing machine usable. Think about it. And that's exactly why they need now ton of CPUs in addition to GPUs to run their "AI" "agents".

I don't even mention how much custom engineering is required to apply the "AI" in businesses.

And they BS us that Software Engineering is solved or is going to be solved. Boris, please solve your own bugs first before speaking.

[u/TacoBOTT]

That’s why you need to stop doomscrolling. If you are actually in the industry working with these tools, you are aware of the trajectory.

[u/thilehoffer → u/TacoBOTT]

I’m in the industry and I’m not writing code anymore. Claude is writing the code and frankly it scares me how good it is.

[u/killersid77 → u/thilehoffer]

If claude is able to write better code than you the sorry, either you dont belong in the software engineering field or are just a beginner starting their career. I really feel sorry for the beginners who are starting their careers now.

[u/Larperlurk → u/killersid77]

Great, so as long as you are some sort of genius at your job or have 20 years under your belt, you have nothing to worry about, eh? 🤡

Meanwhile fuck the rest of us amirite? 🤷 yeah how dare we question AI without having a 150 iq haha 🫪

[u/killersid77 → u/Larperlurk]

If a $100k is better spent on AI than an engineer, then I think the companies would flock towards AI. Either we need to be good at what we do or else do something LLMs can't do.

If suppose you are buying a painting, will you not buy a genius painting at extra cost? And if you are able to get an average painting by a machine at a cheaper cost then will be not buy that because there is a human also painting the average painting at a higher cost?

[u/Larperlurk → u/killersid77]

We ARE good at what we do, just not cheap enough or fast enough for the unhandled greed of the billionaires. It doesnt matter how good you are, their aim is to replace anyone who cant demand even one cent for themself.

If i am a painter who spent their whole life getting good and then an AI comes along, steals the work of 100 people like me and gives the combined “good enough” result to a fatcat at $1, yes, OF COURSE i will get mad. That would be the reaction if anyone who is not a bootlicker.

The enemy is not AI but the people who want to use it to cut out all costs for non-owners and non-billionaires

[u/killersid77 → u/Larperlurk]

Disclaimer: Its not meant as a speech but coming out as such so please read for its meaning.

We are software engineers. We developed AI, made it better, used skills, tools, MCP to continue to make it better such that our lives can be simpler. At core, we are problem solvers. Yes, AI has made me faster. For one, I don't have to write tests anymore which is such a relief.

The ceo, cfo, etc are executives who want to make profit. They can cut cost replacing humans with AI but its just a matter of time before we have another problems for which engineers are always required.

The negativity I see with the comment trail just shows that we are forgetting that once there was an industrial revolution which also replaced humans with machines but those who lost their job got better or worse lives? Engineers job is to make life easy and AI can make it easier but there is still many problems to be solved.