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u/Blenderhead36 21h ago
Nah, AI bubble will have burst by then.
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u/Manueluz 19h ago
Just like when the dot com bubble popped and we never used a website ever again phew...
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u/I-IV-I64-V-I 19h ago
I don't think we can close Pandora's box.
Companies like OpenAI and Oracle will fail. Free open source ai is here to stay as long as consumer graphics cards exist.
Junior software dev, graphic design, music degrees, paralegals, CPAs, accountants, a ton of art degrees, Even lawyers, business degrees and CEO's, HR, I could go on.
Fucked it's taking the jobs people are passionate about.
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u/Blenderhead36 19h ago
The problem is that the AI models aren't doing a good job of replacing people.
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u/Glizcorr 12h ago
Idk about other fields, but junior dev might be fked. It is impressive what AI can do in coding.
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u/Orneyrocks 12h ago
Its not impressive at all, it reaches its file handling limit at before going through even a small part of the repos one would need to work with as an actual dev.
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u/Glizcorr 12h ago
You can more often than not chunk one project into smaller parts, why would you need the ai to read the whole repo any way for simpler tasks, which intern level devs have to do. Idk mate, I just would not envy the current generation of newly graduated IT students. Looking for entry level jobs is not fun especially now.
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u/Orneyrocks 12h ago
Intern level devs have never been about profitability anyway, it was always about talent acquisition. The fact remains that AI can't even perform the most basic task of a human dev which is at least being able to understand what it is working with, the only thing it is good at is making subpar greenfield projects.
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u/I-IV-I64-V-I 11h ago
Okay, that means Microsoft should be hiring right now, not laying off people by the 40k? And writing windows with aislop
Same for the rest of big tech- they are getting billions on billions of $$$ right now- but instead of hiring they are laying people off.
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u/Orneyrocks 5h ago
Let's not act like microsoft doesn't have layoffs every couple years, they still maintained a net positive last financial year, this rhetoric is simply fear-mongering.
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u/I-IV-I64-V-I 5h ago
It's not necessarily the layoffs I want to focus on here- but that microslop is using Ai to write their own code. (Poorly).
Corporation do not care if their code sucks, as long as they make money
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u/Orneyrocks 3h ago
Well that's true, we'll see how it goes, but its definitely not as doom and gloom as people make it out to be, even if the AI bubble doesn't burst, very few companies that aren't investing in AI are actually in a net negative of employee intake.
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u/_Ryesen 18h ago
As someone in accounting, some industries have too many nuances and regulations. My company has been slow in the AI wagon itself and thanks to the US's wonky ass regulations the last decade... I doubt its replacing anyone outside of very entry level/bookkeeping.
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u/Loading_M_ 13h ago
The thing to remember is that it doesn't matter whether the AI can actually do your job - what matters is whether your boss (or your boss's boss, etc) thinks you can be replaced.
Competent lawyers will tell you that AI can't handle your case, but that hasn't stopped clients from trying to use AI instead of hiring a lawyer.
As a programmer, I can tell you that AI tools aren't ready to code anything but the most basic projects, but that hasn't stopped multiple startups from building and selling software written by AI.
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u/I-IV-I64-V-I 16h ago
Not to disrespect your anecdotal experience, but Every time I've checked the ADP jobs data in the last 6 years theres been losses in accounting. Supposedly due to ai and outsourcing.
'More than 300,000 U.S. accountants and auditors left their jobs between 2019 and 2021. The number of accountants in the U.S. has fallen 15.9% since 2019, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.' https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2024/05/17/ai-taking-over-accounting-jobs/
2025 : Accounting, tax prep, bookkeeping and payroll services saw a net loss of 9,000 jobs, with 900 jobs cut in the accounting sector. https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2025/10/17/acrisure-to-cut-400-accounting-jobs-next-year-due-to-ai/171109/
Nothing stopping greedy businesses from both using ai instead &/or shipping the job to India.
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u/TomaszA3 12h ago
Every job you listed requires precision, which is impossible for generative AI. We're good for another 50 years.
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u/mdixon12 2h ago
Im passionate about mechanic work, and I've yet to see an ai change a tire.
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u/Iatlms 57m ago
Nobody show this guy an automated car factory
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u/mdixon12 45m ago
Assembly lines are worlds different from repair facilities. Ive seen automated assembly and packaging facilities, they still have human mechanics to fix the machines that automated 100 jobs.
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u/CaptainAksh_G 16h ago
AI don't have unions. They don't go on strikes. They'll work till they're malfunctioning, and then they'll replace it with the same thing without feeling negative about it.
It's like the companies are greedy and uncaring to the employees and just want the work, and reap the rewards, without having to take any accountability and/or providing any benefits to their workers.
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u/Merdapura 16h ago
Funny because talent acquisition has gotten so low tier over the decade that they're ones that can be replaced by ai.
Disqualifying people depending on yes/no responses on a form doesn't require human ingenuity.
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u/UnknownAnonAnonAnon 23h ago
I mean if they're still hiring and not looking for qualifications wouldn't it be easier to get in? I'm not justifing this in anyway. Just stating how poorly thought out this meme was.
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u/stairwellreefersmell 23h ago
Pussyclaat dem AI tings bwoy