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Comment Re:You liked software better in the autistic 80s? (Score 4, Insightful) 152

Great comment. Here's another thought. The difficulty with AI is that about 95% of working with AI is typing in prompts. (Which anybody could do.) The other 5% of it requires serious IT knowledge--usually at a senior level. Thus, the ideal software engineer is someone who thrives on verbal/creative expression--and is willing to learn a deep technical expertise so that they can get past the roadblocks. That describes a very, very small part of the human population. The creativity/social aspects scare away the geeks. The computer science scares away everyone else. In short, I think software development will struggle to get people even after job demand comes back because the job itself appeals to a very small slice of the population.

Comment Data Shortage (Score 2) 74

The vast majority of data needed to establish and run a business simply does not exist in the digital world. Even if the AI had the capability of establishing and running a business (which it does not) it's missing the necessary data needed to make correct decisions. We are a long, long way from having a real life Mr. Data.

Comment AI Sideshow (Score 2) 98

The AI angle feels like a sideshow. If a Berkeley math professor says her students are five to eight years behind, the urgent question isn’t whether she used an editor — human or machine — but whether the admissions policy is putting unprepared students into courses they can’t succeed in. Argue with her data, not her spellcheck.

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