That was just as true a decade ago, and two decades ago, as it is today.
replyBad “software engineers” have always existed. That hasn’t changed.
Sure, but now they will be LLMs , which is the point; they won't be millions of humans who get paid. The point of GP was that it doesn't replace programmers; it does and will more so, at scale, because LLMs are better than all the bad ones and that's the majority, by far.
replyThis has been true for god knows how long?
replySteve jobs said it - the difference between the average and best software engineer is a huge.
The best software engineers aren’t going away at all. The shittier ones will be using llm’s more so and eventually be out of a job as llm’s improve.