alt Hacker NewsYes, I absolutely do expect computer programmers to cheer as the brave new world they helped create is ushered in.
How many people here got rich by automating away the jobs of others? I mean, what is this? Others are fair game, but programming is sacred? That's quite simply the peak of absurdity.
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hparadiz • today at 7:26 PM
Every single step in this saga has actually created millions of jobs.
It's pretty funny seeing this play out in the HN comments because I never got any consideration before when I had to learn new frameworks and languages. But suddenly machine learning is the line one should not cross? Playing the world's smallest violin right now.
What industries and professions has software actually made extinct?
The result of most software has been "you do basically the same job except now you do it on a computer"