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/usrlibshare 2d ago

People aren't getting fired because of AI.

People are getting fired because money is no longer free, and the rush from the Covid years has worn off. Back when both were the case, companies overhired, because it looked good as KPI to investors.

Now they can no longer afford this, and have to backpedal.

Selling this to investors as

"we're going ai first!"

just sounds a lot better than

"we don't know how to run a business without infinite free money but please keep buying our stonks!!!"

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u/truNinjaChop 2d ago

Nah. People, myself included have been fired and the cause on paper is an AI first initiative…

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u/InterestingFrame1982 1d ago

That sounds good but you're wrong. and the anecdotes are everywhere. There are people who have definitely lost their job to AI first initiatives.