AI in the workplace will ultimately become extremely polarizing. Some people benefit from it more than others and some people are more confident/capable without it than others. The result will be low confidence dependency behaviors versus self-sufficiency silos.
JavaScript work has been living in that world already for the last 20 years. High confidence people will leave the workforce to be replaced by less experienced tool users and expert beginners. It’s great until it isn’t, at which point you discover your irrelevance either way due to functional obsolescence or an inability to perform.
casey2•48m ago
That has already happened according to the survey. The main problem is still lagging ROI.
We are likely in a situation where most companies that could theoretically benefit from AI aren't the bottleneck. White collar labor already had a reputation for sitting around unused most of the time. Without major structural change both inside and outside the company the best you can possibly do is cutback on salaries.
austin-cheney•1h ago
JavaScript work has been living in that world already for the last 20 years. High confidence people will leave the workforce to be replaced by less experienced tool users and expert beginners. It’s great until it isn’t, at which point you discover your irrelevance either way due to functional obsolescence or an inability to perform.
casey2•48m ago
We are likely in a situation where most companies that could theoretically benefit from AI aren't the bottleneck. White collar labor already had a reputation for sitting around unused most of the time. Without major structural change both inside and outside the company the best you can possibly do is cutback on salaries.