In recent times, there has been a rise in vibe coding and the usage of ChatGPT in programming. Yet many people were disheartened by the replacement of human workers with bots, rather than by the value of human work. Because, let's face it, companies want faster results and clean delivery under pressure, and humans cannot do it under a minute just to finish a clean delivery of work for just a lower price.
However, I have been promoting the view that AI is our guide rather than a replacement for humans. Human work is the most viable source of AI's datasets because, without it, AI would not exist. We just need to adapt it to our work lives and careers as technology evolves.
I have a friend who doesn't like Generative AI tools at all, especially when involving art. I have also told my friend, with whom I work, especially in image generation, because it is part of my work as an AI Engineer, I integrate that into their chatbots for companies that don't use ChatGPT as part of their work. I posted a trend called "Create a caricature of yourself," which included the prompt "everything ChatGPT knows about me." Later, my friend saw my post about that trend, and we got into a disagreement about my stance on AI.
Fast forward to later, she didn't try to talk to me after that disagreement, which led me to focus more on my work. I always believe in the hard work of artists, and I believe AI will not replace real human artists because there is a real soul in their art, and art is something everyone should appreciate in the future, just like everyone else. I also knew how AI gets datasets from real artists without permission, yet it should be with permission. Art from human work is irreplaceable by AI, and it should be because, at the end of the day, we create our own version of what AI should be.
I always edit my code and content that was guided by GPT models because the bot always gives generic code based on the dataset from other works. I always run it and make sure the AI doesn't introduce bugs or replace the whole code, because, as the first rule of programming says, don't touch the code when it works. We, being developers and programmers, are adaptable to changes in AI. Why? Because at the end of the day, we need to check what the AI wrote and changed in the code, and make sure it runs smoothly in production. I prefer the human-in-the-loop mindset that should be implemented, ensuring ethical standardization and accuracy over time.
For developer friends with artist friends, just share this post; maybe it will help them. For us, we are irreplaceable, whether you have been laid off by a company that replaced you with an AI, continue your work because at the end of the day, you are a pilot and AI is your Copilot. Nobody can replace what the developer has honed their skills to create an application, not the AI.
By the way, not promoting Microsoft's Copilot in this article, yet I love what the name behind Microsoft's Copilot is for their GPT chatbot.
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