Summary: AI is rapidly advancing, reaching PhD-level capabilities in math and coding, while still struggling with certain tasks outside its training data. As AI continues to improve, it may automate many jobs, but the demand for software engineers could increase due to the need for more quality software. The biggest challenges to AI progress will come from human factors like regulation and societal issues rather than the technology itself.
If software engineers are 10x faster then maybe we need fewer? Well, if you take a specific company then yes they might need fewer software engineers bc they can achieve the same output with a leaner team. However, the whole world’s need for software engineers might go up bc the world can def use 10x more quality software. So I think we’ll see a golden age of applications from leaner companies. (View Highlight)
The only way the future isn’t spectacular now is if we the people mess it up. Like our public opinion, our downstream policies, our societal stability, our international cooperation — these are the roadblocks that could prevent this spectacular future. (View Highlight)