AIProgramming’s future and the fate of human “computers”
A user predicts that “programmer” will seem as strange an occupation to their son as human “computer” does to them.
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A user compares programming’s future with the displacement of women once employed to crunch numbers as human “computers.” They predict a similar generational shift in how familiar the occupation feels. In a follow-up reply, they argue that fixing problems will keep people employed—until an “automatic problem fixer” arrives—and joke that it could then fix the problem of not having a job.
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Programming’s future and the fate of human “computers”
A user predicts that “programmer” will seem as strange an occupation to their son as human “computer” does to them.
TLDR
A user compares programming’s future with the displacement of women once employed to crunch numbers as human “computers.” They predict a similar generational shift in how familiar the occupation feels. In a follow-up reply, they argue that fixing problems will keep people employed—until an “automatic problem fixer” arrives—and joke that it could then fix the problem of not having a job.