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JimDabell ◴[] No.44488120[source]
If AI can do the easiest 50% of our tasks, then it means we will end up spending all of our time on what we previously considered to be the most difficult 50% of tasks. This has a lot of implications, but it does generally result in the job being more interesting overall.
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harimau777 ◴[] No.44489269[source]
In my experience, the 50% most difficult part of a problem is often the most boring. E.g. writing tests, tracking down obscure bugs, trying to understand API or library documentation, etc. It's often stuff that is very difficult but doesn't take all that much creativity.
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1. JimDabell ◴[] No.44489400[source]
I disagree with all of those. Tracking down obscure bugs is interesting, and all the other examples are easy.