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It's beneficial for executives to say AI will kill the software industry, it's a way to stoke fear in workers and a convenient way to say "with AI you could be x more productive," which makes the expectation that the worker should be however many times more productive than they already are, with or without AI "help". This is an attempt to increase hours worked at the same wages, which is itself an attempt to lower wages.

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While this behavior may exist in pockets, my experience suggests that this is not broadly the general mental model / approach by executives. I think this is a narrative in some peoples heads, but is neither an accurate reflection of the world, nor a healthy way to approach employment.

You're probably right, though I speak from anecdotal experience, as the CTO of my company recently said that developers should be 5X more productive with AI. So what if I'm not 5X more productive with AI? Doesn't matter, because there's more tickets in the sprint that, in his head, I should theoretically be spending the same time working on as "before AI."

Sounds like your CTO is dangerously incompetent and isn't actively using the AI tooling they are endorsing.

> While this behavior may exist in pockets, my experience suggests that this is not broadly the general mental model / approach by executives. I think this is a narrative in some peoples heads, but is neither an accurate reflection of the world, nor a healthy way to approach employment.

But it may be consistent with worker's experience with the effects of executives' actual decisions, and a better fit than the executives' actual mental model.

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