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/thedeuceisloose Nov 26 '23

As someone working in LLMs and webdev, youre believing the hype more than what it can actually do

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u/picks- Nov 26 '23

I agree with you, but how do I convince someone who has no technical background or knowledge of LLMs that it really is just hype? They always use the argument of, "think about how powerful they'll be in 20 years.." lol

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u/sleepy_roger Nov 26 '23

Well... hard to listen to you when some of the richest and most succesful people on earth are pushing them and showing use cases.