I'm currently re-writing a GPT4 code which is a very interesting experience.
The biotech startup I join 3 months ago have a pipeline written by one of the founders, who has experience in programing but not extensive so he used co-pilot and GTP a lot.
The thing WORKS, it actually delivers! this is what got the startup going so it is amazing.
On the first month of the re-write I was able to cut costs in the 100x mark. And on the third month I was able to uncover some subtle bugs that affect the entire pipeline and fixing them is out of the realm of possibility in the current state of AI.
I have no answer whatever employers will continue to value what I bring to the table in 5/10/15 years time especially after AI will improve. I suspect many will not as they will have 'good enough' results from the AI.
Those good enough results in the cloud world are going to cost them arm and leg. I for one would much prefer to spend my time on optimization of already established routines than on the damn ping-pong between product, design and "external stakeholders". It's actually what I was trained for.
>The biotech startup I join 3 months ago have a pipeline written by one of the founders, who has experience in programing but not extensive so he used co-pilot and GTP a lot. The thing WORKS, it actually delivers! this is what got the startup going so it is amazing.
Indeed!
>On the first month of the re-write I was able to cut costs in the 100x mark.
That's clearly where this is all heading: AI delivering the rough draft, and humans applying what AI inevitably misses.
>And on the third month I was able to uncover some subtle bugs that affect the entire pipeline and fixing them is out of the realm of possibility in the current state of AI.
It's entirely possible that had you or another human written the thing in the first place those bugs (or equivalent thereof) would have still been there. As you said, "subtle".
>I have no answer whatever employers will continue to value what I bring to the table in 5/10/15 years time especially after AI will improve. I suspect many will not as they will have 'good enough' results from the AI.
I would be more optimistic based on your own account, for the reasons I mentioned above.
That said, I am glad that I am self-employed, with a business that I am quite confident AI cannot replicate, and code purely for fun.
The biotech startup I join 3 months ago have a pipeline written by one of the founders, who has experience in programing but not extensive so he used co-pilot and GTP a lot. The thing WORKS, it actually delivers! this is what got the startup going so it is amazing.
On the first month of the re-write I was able to cut costs in the 100x mark. And on the third month I was able to uncover some subtle bugs that affect the entire pipeline and fixing them is out of the realm of possibility in the current state of AI.
I have no answer whatever employers will continue to value what I bring to the table in 5/10/15 years time especially after AI will improve. I suspect many will not as they will have 'good enough' results from the AI.