Not to toot our own horns but I feel like we packed so much in this one hour panel with Karen Hao and John Palfrey.
You can find the recording at https://www.youtube.com/live/I1tJnM81NCM
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@liwLars Wirzenius I do think there are some reasons to worry - but not about skilled programmers losing their privileged position in the job market.
My impression is that a lot of the frenzied discourse is caused by two facts: 1) a few corporations are spending ridiculous amounts of money, and some of it on propagandizing, and 2) these LLM techniques do have some kernel of utility for some software engineering-related tasks.
I enjoyed the perspectives in this recent conversation: https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/116237328338979566