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Refuse to use LLMs; don't use / train your replacement. Change careers, pivot to something you can't be replaced by LLMs. Could still be programming in an industry that doesn't use them for privacy or security reasons.
They’re used now throughout healthcare, banking, and defense. So even among some of the most regulated and privacy-conscious spaces, many are using these tools. Refusing to use them outright is a sensible position, but it is going to get more and more difficult.
Not using LLMs (and other tools) isn’t realistic. The proverbial toothpaste is already out of the tube, sadly. There aren’t going to be many/any industries that won’t be using them in some way.
I think the more realistic option is to use them in a responsible way and advocate for that.
Let’s say I’m a middle manager. Do I need to worry?
Probably fine. But I would be suspicious of any usage of the tool that removes too much of your job. Let's say for example you can send an A.I. to attend meetings in your place, or an A.I. that automatically does performance reviews and check ins with subordinates. That would be a risky thing to do haha
I think that's still a bit in the future yet, though. Just keep it in the back of your mind if you notice the tool "helping too much"
"AI" is as much, maybe more of, a political tool in the corporate environment as it is a technical tool. Outright refusing to use LLM's will result in you being replaced with someone who will get on board and you will find yourself wedged in a very narrow career path that is increasingly difficult to get out of.
LLM'a are not going to replace programmers. Not in the long term anyway. It's really hurting opportunities for junior devs right now. There's no denying that. But any idiot can write code. And LLM's are just one more idiot in a long line of idiots, shelling out code without having one iota of actual knowledge around the problem its supposed to be solving.
I'm not saying there aren't hills to die on and I'm not saying there won't be negative long term consequences to the current "AI" craze. I just don't think this is the hill. And just wait until management teams everywhere finally realize that, in order for LLM's to be even remotely successful as a business tool, they have to do one thing that programmers have been trying and failing to get them to do for the last 50+ years: give us the goddamned fucking business requirements. Executives everywhere will backpedal so fast they'll pull their collective hamstrings. "WhAt Do YoU mEaN its NoT a MaGiC box tHaT jUsT tElLs us hOw To MaKe mAkE mOrE mOnEy???"