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/ClikeX back-end Nov 26 '23

With the current state of AI, you’ll need more devs to manage the mess.

When it matures it’ll likely be used by the same amount of devs to do more work. As has been the case with most of these technologies. More output will be expected of you.

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u/Ey_J Nov 27 '23

Why not...more capabilities need more features and more expectation from customers...Which in turns drives the need for more features to stay relevant

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u/ClikeX back-end Nov 27 '23

More/higher expectations can lead to an overworking and burn-out.