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Soggy_Ad7165 t1_j6d9flm wrote

Reply to comment by A1pH4W01v in AI will not replace software developers, It will just drastically reduce the number of them. by masterile

This sub is filled with software engineering students that think because it solved their assignment chatgpt will conquer the world.

I was excited when I first tried out chatgpt. But after trying to incorparate it into my daily work it proved to be pretty limited. Its a better google. It has minimal impact. And just like Dall E only replaced some Fivr designers or "artists" who never got beyond minimum wage anyway, chatgpt will replace a tiny amount of "developers".

And in the end Jevons paradox comes into play additional. Scale up efficiency and you end up with more "resource" consumption. In this case the resource is a human programmer.

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UltravioletClearance t1_j6dc3k7 wrote

A lot of people get swept up in marketing. OpenAI is yet another tech startup that leveraged venture capital to rapidly scale and market a "disruptive" technology into our lives with no plans to grow the company or product. I'm not worried about my job because I don't think OpenAI will even exist in a decade.

We see this trend time and time again, and it almost always results in the tech company going belly up and a return to the way things were. AirBnB killed hotels... now people are flocking back to hotels because AirBnB sucks. Uber/Lyft killed taxis... now people are flocking back to taxis and public transportation because Uber/Lyft sucks.

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gefex t1_j6f73k4 wrote

I thought this, its basically an upgrade on Googling it on stackoverflow. You get a more tailored response. It will give you the pieces of a puzzle but you would always need a developer to put them together.

Its useful when you have a very specific thing you need to write that is easy enough to explain in english, but bigger picture stuff I can't see it ever being capable of dealing with.

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Richard7666 t1_j6gunru wrote

I'm learning Unreal Engine. Wanted to know how to make parameterised material where I can offset the texture easily.

ChatGpt gave me a very convincing-sounding step by step, 7 point answer...that was entirely fictitious.

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