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arnold@skeeve.com (Aharon Robbins) writes:

> 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.

Fear not:

  You can twist perception
  Reality won't budge.
  -- ``Show Don't Tell'', Neil Peart, 1989.