From: jfairchild@tudado.org   
      
   arnold@skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins) writes:   
      
   > In article ,   
   > Richard Kettlewell   wrote:   
   >>The Real Bev  writes:   
   >>> On 8/6/24 6:55 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:   
   >>>> The Real Bev  wrote or quoted:   
   >>>>>What happens when there are no more toolmakers?   
   >>>> Well, if by "toolmakers" you mean those devs cranking out text   
   >>>> editors, search engines, or AI chatbots: We're swimming in them these   
   >>>> days, more than ever before in human history! So I'd say: I'll cross   
   >>>> that bridge when I come to it, if we ever actually run low on those   
   >>>> folks. (Sure, some tech fields are hurting for talent, but that's   
   >>>> probably not because of the new AI chatbots hitting the scene.)   
   >>>   
   >>> I mean people who have serious work to do and know how to make a   
   >>> computer do it for them.  REAL experts.  If there are only people who   
   >>> know how to use the tools already provided for them, who will make NEW   
   >>> tools?   
   >>   
   >>Obviously nobody. But it’s a hypothetical situation which   
   isn’t about to   
   >>happen.   
   >   
   > Don't be sure.  A CS professor I know told me this last week:   
   >   
   > 	I'm one of the very few that teach Systems. It amazes me that   
   > 	our PhD students almost all in AI have never heard of a program   
   > 	counter.   
   >   
   > Scary times. I'm glad I retire from software development in a few years.   
      
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