The Current State of AI and the Future of Developers

Is AI just a fad or will it completely take our jobs? Well, I think we should quit with the scare tactics or dismissals, and look to a more balanced, realistic approach.

In this video, we'll take a look at our current state of AI, which I like to describe as the "proof of concept" phase where we have lots of great innovation but no trust.

Then we'll look further ahead into where we're going. And finally, we'll end with a discussion on what developers can and should be doing now to prepare.

* This video was sponsored by Brilliant.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:27 Where we're currently at
02:36 Where we're headed
03:30 Sponsor
04:38 AI adoption and impacts
07:21 The future outlook of devs

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[jamessullenriot]

Biggest issue of the past year at my company (its a huge corp), a bunch of YOLO devs who start most sentences with "bro", just pulling random code assuming its always right, then days, weeks, or more, later, bugs arise that AI can't fix because you have to dig to find them. I would advise any new dev to really learn what you are doing. I've noticed that there is less appetite to hire (although this could be economic conditions as well). You have to do something to set yourself apart somehow. No, I'm not talking about being a leetcode champion, learn how software development actually works.Value communication just as much as your tech skills.

[TheHistoryCode]

This video takes a balanced approach to AI, but it's mostly hype and speculation, not actionable advice for developers. Here's the real deal: AI can automate basic coding tasks; it's NOT replacing coders anytime soon. True value lies in devs who understand AI's strengths/weaknesses and can leverage it as a tool. The focus should be on: 1) Mastering core coding skills, so you're irreplaceable regardless of AI tech. 2) Learning how AI works (LLMs, etc.) to integrate it smartly into your work. 3) Developing problem-solving, communication, and adaptability – these "human" skills are what AI lacks and what employers will always need.

[tanishksharma]

Agree with the entire video! A Software Developer is truly so much more than just coding. Just like with the boom of Big Data few years back, the database related roles pivoted into something like a Data Engineer, Data Warehouse Engineer, etc. it looks like a similar pattern with AI - we will be seeing this subtle change in Software Dev roles as well with AI. Instead of "replace", I would use "embrace" as a development aid to define AI.

[kingthame]

As someone that has studied in dept, bachelors specialization, I’d say the minute ai can reason, understand the world around it that’s when you should kind of contemplate how to move. Research currently on going in things like Sora and the most important research is JEPA by Meta. Those two projects have the potential to completely turn things upside down. For everyone.

So as a developer myself, the future is for those that are experts in a domain or field. That’s why it’s important to understand your stuff

[mustangms]

One point that I'm not sure I agree with is AI's impact on Tech jobs, indeed we do more than write code, but with AI, the number of employees you'll need to do the coding part might be considerably less than it is today.

Also I'm not sure that trust in AI will take so long to be established, considering the rate it's growing at. How much time do we have until trust is established? 5 years?

[Lp-zetg]

It depends on employer who might want to venture into no workers work environment.
I worked for a large cooperation over 10 years ago. One of the upper management actually told me that they can implement a type of automation to remove 40% of their workforce. But they decided not to do it at that time.
In the future, if businesses begin to start a cut throat competition then massive employment cut is not entirely impossible.

[anipacify]

Travis and Mosh are the most reasonable Tech youtubers. This video is so reassuring 😊

[rommellagera]

We need to accept AI will reduce the required number of developers to complete a system. Reduce not eliminate.

This is the time to go hard in learning tools and languages used in enterprise. You must be able to decide which AI output from different LLM gives the best solution. Like today, many are willing to pay professional photographers even if everyone has a camera in their phone. My point is any specilized skill will have value.

Soft skills will no longer be good to have but need to have. Your ability to communicate to stakeholders and end users with patience and emphaty will determine your future.

[rockygroo]

If AI replace most of the jobs who will buy all the plastics from Walmart or who goes to Superbowl or NBA games every night? 😂

[RiiDii]

The insights shared are valuable, yet they hover on the brink of an automation-driven shift where the demand for human labor dramatically decreases. Imagining an economy grappling with 20% unemployment is daunting, and my estimate of 80% could spell disaster.

As the horizon of job automation looms—possibly within 1 to 5 years—it prompts a critical examination of which economies will adapt, prosper, or collapse without conventional employment structures. Despite the stigma around "socialism" for many, alternatives like Universal Basic Income (UBI) seem unavoidable if automation eradicates up to 80% of current jobs. The question isn't whether AI and robotics will displace a vast number of jobs—that seems inevitable given their self-sufficient operation and scalability. Unlike the Industrial Revolution, which augmented human labor with machine assistance, today's technological advances aim for autonomy, challenging us to envision new roles beyond the reach of AI and robotic capabilities.

[andreas_tech]

Development is just too interesting,

I am excited.

[brainites]

9:13 "When you live in those big towers you often forget about all the world that's not as big as you are". I said somewhere that that man is divorced from reality.

[realamritthapa]

The way I see it is tech that speeds up programming will continuing to grow but so will the problems that need solving or new inventions. So in order to solve the complex problems, we will need all the help we can get.

[CrisDevDotDot]

0:13 DID YOU NOTICE, WHEN HE SAID "WHAT'S BAD" the guy was actually looking at you ? :)))

[dr.emmettbrown]

8:13 AI will be able to do all of this sooner rather than later.

[jasonhildebrand]

9:00 and this is why at age 45, I am getting back into programming. I need to learn C++ well enough to make a custom game engine. Unreal would normally work, but it does not support (I don't think) what I am trying to pull off with my idea. And with AI assisting me along the way, together GPT and I can build something worthwhile as a team !

[ZeAlfredo]

To be honest though:

1. Software engineers are not the only ones getting replaced:
I. HR
II. C suite executives
III. Secretaries
IV. Supervisors
V. Accountants
VI. Laywers
VII. Judges
VIII. Doctors

All of them can and will be replaced by AI because these jobs have the most bloated salaries.

2. They tried replacing fastfood workers and cashiers and that hasn't worked. They still needed people to manage the machines.

3. Quite frankly, with the birth rates as low as they are, they are simply aren't enough people in thr labor market let alone engineers for a 20% reduction in programmers to have an impact on us

[CatDribble]

Employee on boarding, haha, for like the next 2 years, till the only employee you need is chatgpt

[aloSolo]

They been saying this since the 70s we will always need developers so don’t stop learning. Keep going, better yet. Learn development even better. Good luck.

[qrjftvx]

the thing here is it still reduced the number of employees needed by a company they hire prumpters instead