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1. Jan :rust: :ferris: (janriemer@floss.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 05:01:12 JST Jan :rust: :ferris:

   "#AI is going to make software engineers obsolete", is the most ridiculous thing I've heard in my career as a software engineer.

   People who say stuff like this have absolutely no idea, what software engineering is about:

   - Communication with people to specify requirements
   - Considering _A LOT OF CONTEXT_
   - 95% reading existing code, 5% writing new code
   - Reuse existing code
   - Find patterns and relations
   - ...

   #ArtificialIntelligence #SoftwareEngineering

   • Adrian Cochrane (alcinnz@floss.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 05:12:20 JST Adrian Cochrane

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     @janriemer I hear this from fellow devs... I'm kind of surprised my use of the term "bottleneck" doesn't get through to them...

   • Jan :rust: :ferris: (janriemer@floss.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 05:39:49 JST Jan :rust: :ferris:

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     • Adrian Cochrane

     @alcinnz Yeah, "bottleneck" is an accurate way to describe it. 👍

     Unfortunately, people believe _what they see most often_, not what's necessarily realistic or true. It's a lack of critical thinking, IMO.

     AI writing lots of new code without considering context is shown throughout the internet, so it get's a lot of exposure. <sarcasm> But how many documentaries are there again that show a complete day of software engineers? Wait, what do you mean you can't find any!?</sarcasm>