'Programmers are automated' claims clash with labor market data, argues commenter
jessi_cata · x · 2026-11-15
Continuing the same discussion, jessicata points out a flaw in many AGI/automation models: claims that programmers have already been automated are contradicted by labor market and industry statistics. She sees this gap between narrative and real-world data as a serious problem for such predictions.
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