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/[deleted] Nov 26 '23
Tech is growing.
Look at what tech dudes were doing back in the day. They were building on COBALT and perl and erlang and smalltalk. They were sifting through the ideas of the time and it eventually landed where we are all today. Did all the ideas stick? Of course not! But everyone flocked to the ones that did and now you dont see smalltalk developers anymore.
Soon, the current landscape we know and love will be overtaken by something new, something better. Just jump on the train and enjoy the ride. Lets see where this thing goes. Just keep learning and youll be fine.