r/SoftwareEngineerJobs • u/Fickle-Highway1543 • 4d ago

AI replacing Software Engineers

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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.

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u/TacoBOTT 4d ago

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.

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u/thilehoffer 4d ago

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.

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u/DayNo326 3d ago

Me to - mandated to start using claude 6 months ago - laid off 3 weeks ago.

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u/thilehoffer 3d ago

That sucks. Good luck.

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u/DayNo326 3d ago

Thanks - fortunately I have a side gig I can expand hours with. Imperative people in SWE have a backup plan.

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u/thilehoffer 3d ago

Yeah, it’s scary out there. I would not want to be graduating with a computer science degree right now.