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Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over (futurism.com)
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Altman’s remarks in his tweet drew an overwhelmingly negative reaction.

“You’re welcome,” one user responded. “Nice to know that our reward is our jobs being taken away.”

Others called him a “f***ing psychopath” and “scum.”

“Nothing says ‘you’re being replaced’ quite like a heartfelt thank you from the guy doing the replacing,” one user wrote.

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[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sam Altman saying that programmers are not needed anymore is all the confirmation I need to know we'll be very much needed, maybe a lot more than before, probably sooner than expected.

[–] Naia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 15 hours ago

While I don't like the idea of having to clean up all the slop his crap is generating I like the future job security.

[–] MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I think he's just trying to further normalize the outsourcing/underpaying/devaluing of programmers.

[–] SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 4 points 20 hours ago

Except that we're going to start asking for more pay to clean up after AI slop.