Re: Emigration from Usenet [was: Re: PTD was the most-respected of the AUE regulars ...]

In article <wwvfrrgrci1.fsf@LkoBDZeT.terraraq.uk>,
Richard Kettlewell  <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:

The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> writes:

On 8/6/24 6:55 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:

The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> 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.
--
Aharon (Arnold) Robbins arnold AT skeeve DOT com