Here is the thing that concerns me…at least philosophically. This won’t affect me personally (at least adversely) since I am at the end of my career.
If this works—even remotely—this will devastate upcoming entry level software engineering vocations and no longer will we have an army of bright people choosing that vocation. You will still need the upper class SWEs to manage and refine what the AI produces. However at that point AI will need to improve beyond the need for the upper class because you have dried up your engineering well. So what I see is an eventual technological stagnation…or shitification brought about by AI.
100% my biggest fear. Whether the tech is good enough or not, it's already changing how new grads and juniors behave. It'll rob them of gaining knowledge at a crucial time and will end up forming a new generation that's 100% dependent on this technology to barely function.
It's likely not only in tech, even. We see how blatantly students are getting their degrees and bragging about having ChatGPT do all of their assignments. These folks won't start their careers and suddenly study to get good at their jobs, they'll only function if they have these tools. This is the master move from the AI pushers. They've successfully created a real dependency for millions.
Imagine the next generation of doctors that don't know anything about medicine without ChatGPT at their side. What a nightmare.
If this works—even remotely—this will devastate upcoming entry level software engineering vocations and no longer will we have an army of bright people choosing that vocation. You will still need the upper class SWEs to manage and refine what the AI produces. However at that point AI will need to improve beyond the need for the upper class because you have dried up your engineering well. So what I see is an eventual technological stagnation…or shitification brought about by AI.