Web Development - I don't know if its worth it anymore.

Based off of the title, I'm sure you can see my problem.

AI is expanding more and more every single day, getting stronger and even more dangerous to the point the US government had to bad it if any of you remember that.

AI is taking over everything, not just coding. Teaching things? Goodbye professor who has been teaching for 40+ years. NotebookLM single handedly took over your job in an hour.

Why is this a bad thing? Well, it's not a bad thing, but it is a bad thing at the same-time. For some things, like assisting disabled people (Meta AI), etc, it could be amazing. For things like checking out at a shop (You could consider that a form of AI perhaps?), or like I mentioned teaching, coding, etc, it's not good. I don't believe in AI taking over everything. I think it should stay as a assistant, and no more. A judge. Something you can turn to and say "Give me an honest opinion, no bullshit.".

That's one of the good things about AI. Unless you modify the system prompt like fucking crazy, AI can't feel any sort of feelings. It by default doesn't feel bad, doesn't give a shit about you, etc. If you can run a local model, that is decently competent, and give it a system prompt to be 100% honest with you, that would be amazing.

I know it doesn't mean that it's right 24/7, however if you have an opinion on something, and you ask for an opinion from your friend, they're most likely going to say no. That might piss you off, because it's your friend. Your expecting them to be on your side. Kind of shitty thought process, but in all honesty that's something we'd all think at-least once, no matter what age.

With the AI, even if it fully disagrees with you, its a fucking pattern recognizer. Not a full ass Human or friend. That means you (probably) won't be as mad, and it helps you gain more of a perspective on your opinion/situation without you getting pissed off.

Either-way, back on-topic.

With AI, roles like coders, they're pretty much getting replaced. I've seen stories of companies who have sacked a bunch of employees to "cut cost", and with that extra budget they spend it on a fucking enterprise subscription with claude.

Take Windows for example, over 30% of Windows 11 is coded with AI. How mental is that? It may not seem like a lot, but think about it. The very device you may be watching this from, the device you write emails with everyday, was partially coded by AI. I know some of you will think "Oh-well, doesn't get in the way". I get that. However, that's not my concern. My concern is that this number will go up more and more everyday, thus taking people out of a job.

Did you know, Anthropic (company who made Claude), has 90% of their websites, infrastructure, etc, coded by AI? It's crazy, trusting an AI model to handle hundreds of thousands of customer data, maybe even in the millions.

Years ago, when I decided to learn how to code, I never foreseen this happening. Same with others. People who pour their life savings into getting certifications, courses, is pretty much wasted. Yeah, you have a life-time skill. But do you really need it?

RIDDLE ME THIS, Will employers pick the employee who knows how to code, but has to take breaks, comes in only at certain times, takes annual leaves, has to be managed & needs a HR department,

Or the AI who can run 24/7, with close to no supervision (best to supervise it so it doesn't force commit your whole .env), and probably costs a lot less then a proper coder/worker?

Thankfully, some companies have a no AI policy. I know a lot of FAANG SE's use AI however thankfully they use it in my preferred way (as an assistant). snackoverflowgeorge for example, who is my absolute goat. Love his vids.

Either-way. Let's see if the hundreds or even thousands of hours I have spent coding, will pay off in the future.