HACKER Q&A
📣 atleastoptimal

Why won't you be replaced by AI?


AI models are rapidly getting better. The general public still hasn't seen the capabilities of Anthropic's Mythos model, which is already 4 months old at this point.

I've seen many arguments about why certain jobs will always need a "human in the loop", or that certain skills aren't replaceable by LLM's, but I am skeptical of this notion. It seems that if the general intelligence of these models continues to increase, then every job is just a matter of feeding in the right context, designing the right structures for agents to collaborate, having the right verification loops, etc, all of which are difficult to create, but not impossible.

If the improvements in models continue at the pace they have over the next 3 years (reminder, 3 years ago the best model was GPT-4), do you really believe that what you do now will not be done better by a system of LLM-driven agentic harnesses?

  👤 ex-aws-dude Accepted Answer ✓
Even if we assume extreme case where coding is only done by 99% LLMs in the future

Who is the best possible person you could hire to operate the LLM?

Who has the best expertise for that and is able to direct it best?

👤 erminpour
"AI models are rapidly getting better." How many times are we going to keep hearing this? Give the horse the dang carrot!

I'm so tired of hearing about AI.

👤 comparedge
a single LLM isn't the threat, a thousand coordinated ones are
👤 blinkbat
No. The only defense is societal.
👤 andsoitis
... because I'm not defined solely by "intelligence".
👤 byoung2
Stepping back from LLMs, look at other jobs that could have been fully automated using technology, but haven't. Some jobs, like a grocery cashier could be automated with self check, or waiters could be replaced with phone ordering.
👤 torben-friis
LLMs will probably get to a point where anyone who provides a well explained, fully detailed account of what they want can get it.

My job is safe.