No, AI won’t destroy software development jobs
I’m not even remotely worried about AI eliminating software development jobs. In fact, I’m pretty sure there will soon be a boom in both software development jobs and the amount of software available to everyone. People have always worried about automation causing massive unemployment. Each time a breakthrough happens, folks are sure that “it will be different this time.” Only it never is different. But the worriers persist. It’s paradoxical You can tell them all about the Jevons paradox — the observation that as something becomes more efficient, demand for that more efficient thing increases rather than decreases. In the mid-19th century, William Jevons noticed that the use of coal became more efficient. Humans figured out how to get more heat and energy out of less and less coal. The common belief was that, because less coal was needed for the same amount of energy or heat, there would be less demand for coal as a result. Everyone was concerned that coal miners would lose their jo