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478 points richards | 5 comments | 16 May 25 21:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.767s | source
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mykowebhn ◴[17 May 25 11:10 UTC] No.44013449[source]▶
I understand from a technical POV how this could be considered great news.

But I don't see how this is good news at all from a societal POV.

The last 15 or so years has seen an unprecedented rise in salaries for engineers, especially software engineers. This has brought an interest in the profession from people who would normally not have considered SW as a profession. I think this is both good and bad. It has brought new found wealth to more people, but it may have also diluted the quality of the talent pool. That said, I think it was mostly good.

Now with this game-changing efficiency from these AI tools, I'm sure we've seen an end to the glory days in terms of salaries for the SW profession.

With this gone, where else could relatively normal people achieve financial independence? Definitely not in the service industry.

Very sad.

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1. thicTurtlLverXX ◴[17 May 25 11:34 UTC] No.44013550[source]▶
I understand how, from a technical POV, electricity and electrification could be considered great news.

But I don't see how this is good news at all from a societal POV.

Think about all the lamplighters who lost their jobs. Streetlights just turn on now? Lamplighting used to be considered a stable job! And what about the ice cutters…

For real tho, it's not like there's nothing left to do — we still have potholes to fix, t-shirts to fold and illnesses to cure. Just the fact that many people continue to believe that wars are justified by resource scarcity shows we need technological progress.

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2. mykowebhn ◴[17 May 25 11:37 UTC] No.44013562[source]▶
From what I understand, prior to the 1980s/90s lamplighters, waiters, factory workers, etc. could live comfortable lives on decent wages.

These days not so much.

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3. christophilus ◴[17 May 25 12:17 UTC] No.44013743[source]▶
From what I understand, life was Dickensian hell for many people. Communism wouldn’t have had much of a chance if everyone was pretty much able to live a decent life as a lamp lighter.
4. DHolzer ◴[17 May 25 17:39 UTC] No.44015785[source]▶
how is that technological progress not fueling resource scarcity?
5. Winsaucerer ◴[18 May 25 01:28 UTC] No.44018287[source]▶
> we still have potholes to fix, t-shirts to fold and illnesses to cure

Only one of these things interests me. The hype of AI is threatening to kill something I actually enjoy doing. If the hype actualises, I'll likely find myself having to do something I don't enjoy. That being said, if programming can be automated, then probably every white collar job is under serious threat.