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Can workers compete with machines and stay relevant in the AI era? (news.un.org)
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AI looks set to be transformative for us all, but it also brings a real risk of job losses and widening social and economic divides. UN experts are focusing on how to manage that transition, to ensure the benefits of the technology outweigh the threats.

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[–] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

I mostly agree. It won't replace people directly, but it might let companies do more with fewer developers.

Not to say they don't need anyone, but maybe they get by with 75 instead of 100 developers? Hard to say where that falls because the outcomes if ai usage are so variable based on skill of operator and the target codebase.