The AI revolution in a nutshell: "Your flesh is a relic; a mere vessel. Hand over your flesh, and a new world awaits you. We demand it"

...Hand over your flesh, and a new world awaits you. We demand it.

The AI revolution is arriving at the worst moment possible, but it is here, and it will not get away.

Workforce (aka, the flesh)

In most workspaces, there is no point in keeping some offices filled with programmers, team leaders, and managers when a few workers would do the same job now.

People who will not be needing anymore:

• Programmers JR (and it will disrupt the future)

• Many team leaders. AI turns a single developer into a one-man army. So, what's the point of having a leader without followers?

• Back-end or Front-end exclusive developers.

• ScrumMasters and alike (note of the writer: I am a certified Scrum Master).

• People who document

• A big part of QA

People who will be needed in quantities:

• Developers who can fit the role of the one-man army.

• A new class of leader, one who will be able to understand the new paradigm shift.

An old office

In the past, we have had offices filled with people writing, taking notes, and calculating. The society took +25 years to digitalize (from the 70s to the end of the 90s). Those people are long gone. However, back then, the paradigm shift happened gradually, but now the changes are happening in a matter of months.

Programs

Many programs are getting devalued. Example: In an entire day, I created a front page (portal) for a new business channel with the visual template, code, database, and practically everything sit and running. So, what's the point of using/paying for WordPress and similar?.

And it is only one case. There are several people who are showing similar stories, such as replacing entire accounting systems with AI in a matter of months.

We could talk about bugs, quality, and whatnot, but that is irrelevant now, and I will talk about it.

Losing the war

With all due respect, but the current AI is more capable than most of the current workforce (programmers) in the IT world. And not only is it capable, but it is also willing and cheap.

For most developers (humans), the war is over, and it's time to move out. And for the few "survivors", we are not moving to a blissful world. But what can we do?

The New World:

Chain effect

That old concept is also changing; for example, the old motto of startups, "Ideas are worth nothing unless executed." Just a couple of years ago, if you wanted to create a new IT startup, you would need to invest in programmers and developers, and spend months, if not years, coding the project. Now, we could do the same in less time with fewer people. Some projects we could do by ourselves.

This will also disrupt the entire chain. If we have fewer workers, then we need less managements and fewer HR. We could also reduce the infrastructure, coordination, and so on. We could even get rid of some software, normatives and standards.

Consultant companies

The pyramid staffing model will be severely affected.

We demand it

We can't decide it anymore. We are yet to see a massive hit (even when several FAANG companies are fired), but it will happen sooner or later, if it is not already happening to us.

"Alea Iacta Est"