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Can non AI users remain competitive?
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Short answer: yes.
Long answer: ai is a tool. In some fields it improved productivity. Not using it might hurt.
Can I work my garden without power tools? Yes I can. Would I grow more tomatoes and eggplant with power tools? Indeed.
Should I do it? Depends... Not if manual gardening is your hobby and you have fun in doing the action yourself.... Yes if your livelihood depends on feeding your family with your garden produce.
The thing about this example is that using power tools just makes your effort more efficient. You're still learning and experiencing the effort of gardening.
When you use AI for tasks, you're removing that effort. You are practicing writing prompts, NOT doing the task. You aren't getting better at coding and managing your workflow or planning out how you could have done it better for next time, so you won't ever improve.
If AI does all the entry level coding, then there won't be any humans to LEARN coding. Then when senior coders retire, there is only AI to take their place.
And that goes for EVERYTHING. We are exactly 1 generation of talent away from having no humans who can code, or who can do art, or who can write stories, or who can make movies. The human experience is a process, and you have to actually do the damn work to get there.
Yes it's a risk, but to be honest how many people do write assembly my hand? Also, code autogenerated is an industry fact for many years too.
Automation of art? Nah. Maybe commercial art, but not art itself. (I mean, artists who work for magazines, advertising.... Compared to artist who do art like painters or musicians....)
No, people will keep doing the manual part of it. Some will be just cheaper that way )the real cost of AI will have to be paid sooner or later) while some will be done for fun.
Back to my example: nobody farm by hand except for fun or as a hobby. The same will apply with AI.