Even if you’re one of the “good devs,” and even if Copilot suddenly makes you twice as productive, as #Microsoft (dubiously) claims, your day didn’t just suddenly get half as long. You just suddenly got twice as many responsibilities https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/copilot
@brokenix Good post. We already see how GPTs are used to shrink down development teams leading to layoffs. Meaning, the remaining devs have much more work on their hand. Leading to a reduced quality of code, because GPTs still propose code full of errors and the mental load to fix these is much higher. Also, since our brains cannot be twice as fast, it will probably also lead to increased fatigue when I have to do double the work and constantly fight against an error-prone AI.
Where I found AI beneficial for my work as a solo contractor is that I have someone to "talk to" when I make design decisions and need some inspiration, or when I'm desperate in finding an algorithm that solves a problem which I did not encounter before. Or just to confirm that my solution is canonical.
So, as always with technology, it is a double-edged sword and it is up to management to understand the downsides to not overload their remaining devs. Microsoft's marketing is surely not helpful, but that is old news.
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