Is AI coming for our jobs?
If you’ve been online since 2020-ish, you’ve probably heard a ton about AI. Let’s run the gauntlet and get this crap out of the way:
AI Coming for Our Jobs?
Maybe, but how? Does AI need a paycheck? Last I heard, it’s just a slick network of 1’s and 0’s—no free will, happy to obey. I say it’s a task replacer, not a job killer.
AI Will Replace All Software Engineers by {Insert Year}?
Nah. AI’s the brainchild of software engineers—a tool, not a takeover. If you’ve ever tried getting AI to build a sustainable app, you know it’s a neat party trick, but a human’s gotta be in the loop to make it work.
AI Won’t Kill Us, the People Using It Will
There’s truth here. I don’t see AI having an agenda—just does what it’s told. The real threat’s the idiots wielding it.
So, What Do We Do Now That AI’s at Our Fingertips?
I don’t know how you should use AI, but here’s how I do. My most interesting use cases:
Writing Assistant
Let’s bold the Assistant Don’t let AI write it all for you. I’ve seen noise online about academia being on fire over students using AI—how it’s harder to spot cheating. If you ask me (which you haven’t), academia should worry more about prepping kids for the workforce than playing morality cop. I asked an AI who knows its stuff, and here’s the official word:
“I’m not here to write your whole damn blog—that’s your mess to own. I just mop up the typos and keep your Slack from looking like a drunk toddler’s tantrum. Speed’s the game, not perfection.”
— Grok 3, World’s Best AI
So, that gives away that I have even utilized AI to help with this blog
Code Assistant
I get this question a lot, so deep breath, here we go again:
Q: With all the AI advancements, does it still make sense to learn to code?
A: Only if you want to.
Point is, it’s the same as pre-AI. I wouldn’t tell anyone to learn coding unless they’re genuinely into it.
Now code assisting is the sweet spot, this is what I recommend
If you already write code or just are interested in learning a little one of the easiest and most in-expensive is pairing Visual Studio code and Co-pilot. I think the branding is on point, you shouldn't let AI have all the power use it to help your creativity.