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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A programmer with an AI tool is akin to a carpenter working with power tools - they are more efficient and can produce value at a higher rate, translating into higher productivity.

Typically, higher productivity encourages more investment, and more creation.

In other words, programmers will remain, but they will accomplish far more.

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I disagree. I have been a programmer for 30 years, taught at two different  t20 CS depts……now consulting with one of the big 3….
I’m 100% certain that once we reach AGI there wont be a need for programmers. It is that simple. 
Young CS graduates will NOT have jobs for them 5 yrs from now. They wont get the experience they need to be able to oversee an AGI programmer.

95% of CS jobs will be eliminated in less than 7 years. You car take picture of this post….then lets discuss this again in 5 years so I can tell you “I told you so”…..[/quote]

Wrong.

A CS degree is more than coding.[/quote]

Sorry bud…you dont need to teach me what a CS degree is…..been teaching at some of the TOP CS depts for years….
Of course it is more than coding. But it doesnt change the fact that once we reach AGI, there wont be a need for an INEXPERIENCED CS graduate….those jobs will be gone whether you like it or not. The transition will be hard. It will start with the kids right out of college first and with time, even guys in my position will be obsolete. 
But go head and put your head in the sand as you send your kids to study CS…..let’s have this conversation again in 2030….[/quote]

Nope. 
It's like saying math major was going to be obsolete now that  we had computers in the 80s 90s. All the calculations would be done by computers and entry level mathematicians are not needed.  Let's see in year 2000.

Math major has been fine and applied math major has been gaining popularity with good outcomes. Nobody really knows, but CS major is still in a better position than most others.[/quote]
Math majors are not learning calculations. Math is completely different than computation. [/quote]

Also, there used to be people with the job title of "computer".  Go watch the movie Hidden Figures.

Those people were in fact replaced by actual computers.

The only answer to this is that AI needs to result in industries that nobody can even imagine that will employ people.

In 1990, other than in very small circles that knew about the Internet, there were no web designers or any of the various jobs created by the Internet.  By the same token, there used to be millions of travel agents, and now there are like 90% fewer (though, human travel agents are showing their value these days as people are tired to doing all the work themselves when someone will do it for them for no cost and they can sometimes get better deals).[/quote]

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