LoL! What could go wrong? This strategy worked so well with all the other industries...

It's really sad to see what was taken away from people who loved the art of programming and are now forced to be managers of an army of robots. Maybe finding some time to code without AI assistance could help to alleviate the pain.

Relying on agents for everything is also dangerous, as it creates dependence, and codebases no longer understandable by humans.

I would add that the public is increasingly concerned about AI progress, which will put a growing pressure on lawmakers.

It's very sad, indeed. And I am afraid that, on the current trajectory, this tragedy will extend to all cognitive activities, including the most fulfilling. This is not the future I was dreaming for. This is not the world I want to inhabit. But I have some hope, because I see a mounting awareness that the future we are heading to is not the best one for humanity.

For the record, I still do all my coding without using any LLM.

I think that more people are finally realizing that the best plan of major AI companies sounds more or less like:

- We'll build an AGI able to perform most cognitive tasks at least at human level (including, of course, the most fulfilling)

- This will wreak havoc in the job market, but people can still compete for jobs requiring physical labor, until robots take also most of these jobs

- Then, we'll build an artificial super-intelligence way smarter than any human, and we'll be forever the pet species of a silicon god operating according to "human values"

- In the process, there's a non-negligible probability that humanity will go extinct

The goal may be to build a super-intelligence, but the plan is incredibly dumb !

short answer seems to be "no"

I think that media coverage simply reflects the growing anxiety among the public about the capabilities of new models and what future awaits us. Personally, I think that this anxiety is justified. If this leads to tough regulations about AGI/ASI (e.g., a permanent ban), I doubt that AI companies would benefit financially.

Last week, maybe? Yesterday, if you count small python scripts. Writing code by hand is too much fun to stop.

AI progress is linked to most of these dangers, actually: - it will likely cause massive unemployment, leading to rampant wealth inequality - we are now seeing some use of autonomous weapons in real conflicts - increasingly relying on LLMs is arguably a form of technology dependence (and cognitive dependence) - datacenters have a non negligible environmental impact

I agree these dangers are connected. The danger comes from human institutions and incentive structures which (having existed long before now) are being exploited and exacerbated by LLMs, making them harder to ignore.