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AI's impact on software engineering: job fears vs. evolving roles

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Andrew Ng, founder of deeplearning.ai, offers a contrarian view on AI's impact on the job market, particularly in software engineering. He argues that dire predictions of mass unemployment are oversimplified and that AI is actually accelerating job growth in this field. Ng highlights that while some roles are more affected, factors like pandemic over-hiring and interest rates also contribute to current labor market slowdowns. He anticipates a shift in software engineering towards higher-level problem-solving and custom application development, with a focus on deciding what to build rather than just the coding itself. AI

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