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 edited Nov 26 '23

do you any trusted learning material for someone who is looking to expand their horizons?

Edit: Why am I getting downvoted? I am trying to learn something new, am I not supposed to discuss with those more knowledgeable? I read plenty of different things, but this is new.

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u/thedeuceisloose Nov 26 '23

You should look at the various ML algorithms and understand what they do and how they work, dont need specifics or differential math, the concepts themselves are just probabilities at scale.

Once you understand how these alogorithms work at even a rudimentary base level, you start being able to sniff out the hype v the real

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u/Flamesilver_0 Nov 26 '23

I understand them at a pretty decent level. They can do a lot more than people think.

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u/thedeuceisloose Nov 26 '23

i never said they couldnt, they can do quite a bit, but theyre not at "replace your devs with gpt" scale at all.