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Artanthos t1_je0sc95 wrote

Reply to comment by bullettrain1 in If you went to college, GPT will come for your job first by blueberryman422

Some places will adopt the technology faster than others, and those jobs will be at risk.

But it won’t be everywhere all at once.

Just like software automation has been displacing jobs for a few decades now.

The biggest difference is, far fewer new jobs will be created. One of the jobs most subject to future automation is the people automating software.

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bullettrain1 t1_je0x1hm wrote

Yep, sounds right to me. I’ve been an employed developer for 10+ years, I’ll have work in the near future, sure. But I see what’s coming. And it’s possible that timeline is shorter than I realize. The people that think it won’t impact them are fooling themselves.

One prediction that stuck with me is this. Rather than huge layoffs in a short amount of time, we’ll see a 2% workforce reduction each year moving forward, and it won’t bounce back. That’s the most likely estimate I’ve heard so far.

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