Will AI Reduce Developer Headcount the Way Industrialization Reduced Craftsmen
A Hacker News discussion explores whether AI will deskill software development the way industrialization deskilled woodworking, reducing the number of coders over time. This is a philosophical discussion, not a software-buildable problem.
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