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0 pointsdagw7y ago0 comments

Go is designed for armies of simple minded developers,

And that's a bad thing?

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pjmlp7y ago

Not for companies of Google size wanting to reduce hiring and ongoing project costs.

lizmat7y ago

Simple minded developers are cheap. And in time, easily replaceable by moderately intelligent AI.

sethammons7y ago

The crowing achievements of AI that interact with people are Alexa et al. Alexa can't even tell me what the newest releases are for movies.

When we can talk to an AI and describe something novel and it can interpret that, then I'll start to worry about software development jobs being lost to AI.

pjmlp7y ago

What about being lost to low wages countries, with better wage countries keeping the roles of project management and architecture?

sethammons7y ago

Didn't that scare happen a while ago with everyone worried about India taking all the software jobs? Didn't really happen. Could happen again, sure. I don't think more advanced AI or more simple programming languages will be a large factor in that.

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pjmlp7y ago

Not for companies of Google size wanting to reduce hiring and ongoing project costs.

lizmat7y ago

Simple minded developers are cheap. And in time, easily replaceable by moderately intelligent AI.

sethammons7y ago

The crowing achievements of AI that interact with people are Alexa et al. Alexa can't even tell me what the newest releases are for movies.

When we can talk to an AI and describe something novel and it can interpret that, then I'll start to worry about software development jobs being lost to AI.

pjmlp7y ago

What about being lost to low wages countries, with better wage countries keeping the roles of project management and architecture?

sethammons7y ago

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