ML code generation systems like GitHub Copilot and now AlphaCode are impressive. Part of me finds them super interesting and exciting, including everything else that's happening in the larger deep learning/language models space.
However, a different part of me gets hit with a wave of anxiety whenever these advancements make the news. I've been coding since teenage days and will graduate in a few months. I have a job lined up and am thrilled about working there. Now it feels like I'm running against a clock until the career I am working very hard for will automate itself away.
Are my feelings reasonable? How do you deal with this? Do you feel threatened?
However, a different part of me gets hit with a wave of anxiety whenever these advancements make the news. I've been coding since teenage days and will graduate in a few months. I have a job lined up and am thrilled about working there. Now it feels like I'm running against a clock until the career I am working very hard for will automate itself away.
Are my feelings reasonable? How do you deal with this? Do you feel threatened?