I said I wasn't going to lean on generative AI but I also said I was going to leave the tech industry. Here's what I actually used to keep applying and what it did (and didn't) do for me.
Why AI hasn’t replaced software engineers, and won’t
Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kappor take on the question of AI job losses through the lens of a profession that is uniquely suited to AI disruption - software engineering. In …
Learn | Frontend Hire
AI writes the UI now. These tracks build the career it can't: frontend depth, product thinking, AI-powered building, and finding the work that pays for it.
Being kicked out of the tech industry - Jacky Alciné
After 250 job applications in four months, I'm giving up.
I Started Programming When I Was 7. I'm 50 Now, and the Thing I Loved Has Changed | James Randall
I still love developing but the shifts that AI have brought are tectonic and are forcing me to re-evaluate my own relationship to building things
The Future of Software Engineering Isn’t What You Think
Over the past two decades, I’ve watched software eat the world, then hardware catch up, then Generative AI reshape both at the same time…
I work, I think? - Annotated
How AI may quietly dismantle the feedback loop that turns inexperienced people into competent ones, and why my work matters to me.
Resetting on engineering expectations in the age of AI
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Farewell Ai2
This was my last week at the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2), where I got the great privilege to work on the Olmo models, to grow, to learn, and to have broad lasting impacts.
Why AI hasn’t replaced software engineers, and won’t
Coding agents as normal technology
The New Software Lifecycle
I co-wrote a Google whitepaper about how AI is changing the software lifecycle. I'm not going to summarize the whole thing. Instead, here are the handful of ...
Artificial Intelligence Glossary | Stanford HAI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly growing, with new terms and concepts being introduced at a breakneck speed. You may have seen terms such as AGI, machine learning, or foundation models in media headlines, emerging legislation, or in your everyday life.
Andrew Ng: The Biggest Opportunities in AI Aren't Where You Think
More Than a Tool
What We Learned from a Year of Conversations About AI
On AI and building your own GIS software
Of the thousands of essays over the past two years surrounding AI and its implications are some very thought provoking ones with enormous implications for GIS. Some of the essays are around the the…
Something Big Is Happening
A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.
"I just find AI to be creatively soulless": Casey Hudson on the controversial tech and Star Wars: Fate Of The Old Republic
"I’m just really unimpressed with it."
