i_am__not_a_robot t1_je2biis wrote on March 28, 2023 at 10:06 PM

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I'm afraid this question is too non-specific for a serious answer.

What exactly do you mean by "software developer", "devs" and "stressing out"? Computer scientists generally welcome this development, as far as I can see in my own professional circles.

psythurism t1_je2ddja wrote on March 28, 2023 at 10:19 PM

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Long time developer and AI hobbyist here. I don't think developers have to worry for another decade at least.

We survived the inventions of high level languages, offshoring, no-code tools and probably dozens of other developer killers I forgot to list. We've been trying to automate ourselves out of jobs for at least half a century and the media takes note and reports the imminent death of the software industry, but so far, no luck.

LLMs right now might improve efficiency and reduce the need for some developers, just like the other inventions I've listed. Maybe an unforeseen invention will finally make developers obsolete, but that's always been the case. I can tell you with high confidence LLMs are not that invention.

E_Snap t1_je2krfy wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:12 PM

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Keep in mind that it takes a very, very enlightened and humble person to admit that another person could do their job, let alone an AI. Reddit isn’t known for playing host to this type of personality.

diagramat1c t1_je2wltq wrote on March 29, 2023 at 12:40 AM

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The code created by generative models will still need to be verified by a dev. The industry will change. I don't even question that anymore. There was a similar wave when we started to Google everything and were able to find a ton of useful content on stackoverflow. Some devs adapted, some became obsolete. I think developers will be able to upskill faster and be more productive. In turn, the projects will just get more ambitious.

To your question, I would not worry.

allisknowing t1_je32faw wrote on March 29, 2023 at 1:23 AM

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Replying to i_am__not_a_robot (#2,429,785)

Exactly. There are people around me who say “I don’t need Copilot, I’m a real software engineer” and I really don’t understand this statement. It’s like the spoon is invented but you’re still eating with your hands and claiming that “real people eat with hands”

I’ve been using Copilot for 6 months now and it’s nothing to be scared of, it’s a tool that helps you write code efficiently while also improving you as a developer by providing some code snippets that may be more efficient/clean than the way you were thinking of writing them in the first place.

I suggest every software developer to make use of these tools, not to be scared by them. I highly doubt that in near future companies will hire prompt engineers over machine learning/software engineers.