Hi all, spending some much time with LLMs these days has me thinking about what happens when these systems actually become smarter than us (ik a controversial opinion for HackerNews). I wrote about what software engineering might look like in the coming decades.
The standard "AI automates X so humans do Y" framework breaks down when AI might excel at both. Instead, I propose four categories of post-AI jobs: owners, high-stakes adapters, low-stakes adapters, and mandated positions.
The post explores how traditional SWE roles will evolve into "SaaS Adapter" roles and what skills will be valuable during this transition.
P.S. If this sounds crazy given your experiences with LLMs, I have some relevant rebuttals/context in the post.
Hi all, spending some much time with LLMs these days has me thinking about what happens when these systems actually become smarter than us (ik a controversial opinion for HackerNews). I wrote about what software engineering might look like in the coming decades.
The standard "AI automates X so humans do Y" framework breaks down when AI might excel at both. Instead, I propose four categories of post-AI jobs: owners, high-stakes adapters, low-stakes adapters, and mandated positions.
The post explores how traditional SWE roles will evolve into "SaaS Adapter" roles and what skills will be valuable during this transition.
P.S. If this sounds crazy given your experiences with LLMs, I have some relevant rebuttals/context in the post.