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/snarfi Nov 26 '23

Thats not a good analogy. While the pilot is in a fixed amount of time in the plane, and can't make the plane go faster so he can fly another route.