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Tech's Dumbest Mistake: Why Firing Programmers for AI Will Destroy Everything (defragzone.substack.com)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'm sorry, I mostly agree with the sentiment of the article in a feel-good kind of way, but it's really written like how people claim bullies will get their comeuppance later in life, but then you actually look them up later and they have high paying jobs and wonderful families. There's no substance here, just a rant.

The author hints at analogous cases in the past of companies firing all of their engineers and then having to scramble to hire them back, but doesn't actually get into any specifics. Be specific! Talk through those details. Prove to me the historical cases are sufficiently similar to what we're starting to see now that justifies the claims of the rest of the article.

[–] heavydust 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I disagree. For example:

Now, six months later, you realize that your AI-generated software is riddled with security holes. Whoops! Your database is leaking private financial data like a sieve

We have seen this a thousand times before there was an AI. AI is like a cheap contractor out of school and companies who use it extensively will get the same results. It's a pragmatic thing, not some phantasm about bullies. I have told so many times "I told you so" to previous managers that I trust it will happen again and again.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Come back in 3 years and the "historical cases" will have appeared.

https://old.reddit.com/r/jobs/comments/1inh2hl/meta_just_laid_off_3600_peopleheres_why_this/

or just wait 14 hours

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

I just hope people won't go back to these abusive jobs. The oligarchy that runs the US has shown it is more than happy to lay people off to cool wages and the Fed is more than happy to blame workers getting paid a reasonable amount as the cause of inflation.

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