I've been increasingly "freaking out" since about 3 - 4 years ago and it seems that the pessimistic scenario is materializing. It looks like it will be over for software engineers in a not so distant future. In January 2025 I said that I expect software engineers to be replaced in 2 years (pessimistic) to 5 years (optimistic). Right now I'm guessing 1 to 3 years.

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kypro 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I assure you it will soon become very clear that mass job losses are one of the least concerning side effects of developing the magic "everything that can plausibly been done within the constraints of physics is now possible" machine.

We're opening a can of worms which I don't think most people have the imagination to understand the horrors of.

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ash_091 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Do you have any sources I could read to better understand your concern?

	▲	cruffle_duffle an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Piles and piles of sci-fi novels.

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MattRix 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

yeesh yep, though it's more Pandora's Box than a can of worms, since it can't exactly be closed once it's opened