> Honestly, too many. Software engineers can be really, really dumb. I think it has something to do with assuming they're really smart.
Maybe I am one of the stupid ones but I don't get you people.
This is going to happen whether you want it or not. The data is already out there. Our choice is either learn to use the tool so that we could have that in our arsenal for the future; or grumble in the corner that devs are digging their own graves and cry ourselves to sleep. I'd consider the latter to be stupid.
If you had issues with machines replacing your hands in the industrial age, you had a choice of learning how to operate the machines, I consider this to be a parallel.
It's not about having another tool in your arsenal. This thing is meant to replace you - the developer (role). Others are correctly pointing out that developers can be really really dumb by assuming that this A-SWE will be just below their skill level and only the subpar humans will be replaced.
> It's not about having another tool in your arsenal. This thing is meant to replace you - the developer (role).
You realize that it's what I am saying? Having the tool in our arsenal means being able to do another job (prompt engineering, knowing how to evaluate the AI etc...) in case we are made obsolete in the next couple of years. What happens after that is a mystery...