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From: arnold@skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins)
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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