Same, feels like I was replaced just before I had a chance to start. Chess and go are games, impressive but not society changing problems to solve, these things are real stuff. We'll eventually go full circle where labor working with one's hands, fine motor skills and so on are the thing left for humans
Most fine motor skills should be well within the grasp of robots/AI. Just look at what robot-assisted surgery can do today. But I believe soft fabrics and other easily deformed materials are still very difficult for them. So maybe time to brush up our cloth handling skills. However, it's also an area of active research, so probably not something to bank a 40-year career on. I for one welcome the day we're made redundant by AI/robots. We can easily become interesting and amusing enough to be kept as pets by our AI overlords.
One of the things I always heard when getting into software development is that the hard part isn't writing the code but rather figuring out what problem to solve. Now the hard part is going to be figuring out what problem to solve and how to tell the AI to solve it. If you're already good at the first part, the second part should be what you focus on and you'll likely become very in demand.
8 years in and same, but only in a jokey way. Someone has to use these tools and before it's widespread those people will command huge salaries (controlling 10 AI programmers and verifying the output). Just keep on top of the developments and save money as you go :) And remember the best spec of a problem is the program, so there's still skills like requirements gathering and debugging that will be important.
I guess my worry is that this will only reduce the number of engineers needed and make competition X times harder in case this becomes a widespread thing.
Its part of life and I understand that, but Im already supporting extended and my own family so its just stressful to think about.
