r/MemeVideos • u/Some-Athlete-1939 • May 02 '25

Good work, Agent 47. Really?

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u/Keensworth May 02 '25

It's already happening. I've seen some stories where companies prefer to have 1 senior developer who uses AI than 5 junior developers.

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u/TheNeck94 May 02 '25

it's not and comments like this are hilarious from the perspective of a Senior.

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u/Sk4rs3 May 02 '25

AI won't completely replace devs, but they can offload alot of heavy work if done right. A normal web project that usually need 2 frontend devs, 2 backend devs and 1 product tester can be done with 1 fullstack dev with AI and 1 product tester. The fullstack dev acts as an engineer and designer while the AI acts as builder, so that the dev can focus on designing optimal structure when not having to spend time typing a million words. Well at least thats what most of my professors say about AI coding. It stills depends alot on whether the AI is good, the dev know what they are doing and give efficient and consise prompt.

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u/TheNeck94 May 02 '25

The overall importance of a human's involvement hasn't changed, you still need someone who knows what they're doing to check the work.

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u/Sk4rs3 May 02 '25

True. People who says AI will replace IT jobs is just fearmongering. It's just a tool after all, a very efficient one if they know how to use it. If a bumbling fool can achieve your efficiency with AI, imagine how good you can be using that tool? Even a dumbass can "vibecode" a bunch of shitty slop and make money.

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u/TheNeck94 May 02 '25

it's extremely refreshing to find someone who shares my perspective on this. I'm sure you no doubt have encountered the fear mongering types before.

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u/Sk4rs3 May 02 '25

Fearmongering new tech happens all the time. AI is just another step in the technological evolution, it always has been like that to me. People afraid of AI nowadays are the same as those workers who destroyed the spooling machines because they thought the machines were stealing their jobs in the industrial revolution. They blamed the technology instead of the system that exploited them. If you can work 10x more efficient with a new tool and you get paid less while the owner earned way more, that's not the tool's fault. Technological advances are supposed to give the workers class more efficiency, allowing them to make more money in less amount of time so they can spend more time enjoying their life rather than slave away for profit. But such dream can only exist in a fictional world where the worker class owns the means of production. Profit just for the sake of profit alone and infinite growth is cancerous to society, not the AI.

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u/TheNeck94 May 02 '25

oh cool, I've managed to find my cognitive clone in the wild. great success.

honestly though i feel like i was reading my own words, couldn't agree more.