Comment by xnx
1 month ago
> set of problems that you face as a software engineer and realize that there is so much left
Definitely true at this exact moment, but very uncertain that AI won't also outrun those other areas faster than even existing experts.
You need expertise to productively use that AI.
Try getting Claude to write you a graduate essay about quantum mechanics. If you don't have at least some understanding of the topic area it's effectively worthless.
Now imagine someone with no existing web knowledge trying to get Claude to build them a Progressive Web App with offline capabilities that uses SQLite compiled to WASM. Moon language.
> You need expertise to productively use that AI.
Certainly true now, but might not be in 2 years. Similar to how a person can hire a lawyer or a carpenter without knowing anything about those fields. Knowing what you want (even expressed imprecisely) might be all that is needed.