r/webdev • u/Proud-Confidence7290 • Nov 26 '23

Question Will AI decrease demand and salaries?

Hello everyone.

I am new to web development and it goes well so far.

I'm bit scared of AI development. Let's say you needed 10 developers for a project before ChatGPT and now you need 8.

With the development of AI, we will need even less.

Why do people think AI won't decrease demand and salaries of web developers? It's logic for me, what am I missing?

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u/captain_ahabb Nov 26 '23

Chat GPT doesn't reduce the number of developers you need for a project anymore than autopilot reduces the number of pilots you need to fly a plane.

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '23

Problem with AI now is that it's nowhere close to being 30x of 1 developer in speed. I'd say it's slower than a good developer and makes a worse developer just a bit faster. But it does not currently replace any developers in any kind of way.