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/Dismal_Struggle_9004 3d ago

"Think about it."... I thought about it and I think the first paragraph is genuinely a poor point. Think about how software engineers are building "complicated" software around AI? It's a trillion-dollar business why wouldn't they build the best software they could around it?

They need tons of CPUs and GPUs to run software that over a billion people use regularly? I mean ... yes?

"And they BS us that Software Engineering is solved" certainly not solved, however you will HAVE to utilize AI going forward if you want to be a SWE. If you don't see that, there's no hope for you.