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The Truth About H-1B Visas It's wage theft, pure and simple (neuburger.substack.com)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I mean... sure but not to that percentage. Ai is a force multiplier not replacement. You still need developers because an average Joe couldn't work the Ai to get what a company would need out of it. But if you use that Ai with cheap coders you hire/exploit that are thrilled to get a job at 15k a year and a visa vs paying 80k then the company is all set.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Makes sense, thank you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

AI is far from a force multiplier for software development in it's current incarnation, could be eventually but not right now.

It's just magic looking enough to seem enticing to CEO's and project managers, it'll even out eventually unless something gets significantly better with the current gen.

AI + "cheap labour"* is absolutely a recipe for disaster in the mid to long term but if you are a CEO and the line is going up in the short term who tf cares about the mid to long term.

*By "cheap labour" i mean inexperienced and/or inappropriately skilled, there are inexpensive devs around who do excellent work, i'm not talking about them.