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Comment on Ask HN: Given AI advancements, is a master’s degree in CS worthless?

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A few years ago we had GANs that generated meaningless code, but was somewhat legible, but didn't compile.

A couple years ago the pointless code started to compile.

A year ago we got copilot.

Past week or so I have been pasting React components into Chat GPT and it successfully tells me what it does, and I ask it to change it, and it can change my program for me.

I would say in a couple of years AI may be in complete control of entire Git repos for backends, front ends, etc... and you will be able to modify it by telling it the new stuff, in plain english.

I mean right now it's just the same thing as Stable Diffusion, but with code and so it's "mostly right". When that crosses over, it's going to take out this profession. I honestly don't know what to do.

AI which produces 99% correct code is still useless.

Current LLMs will not threaten programming jobs in any way.

ride the tiger lol

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