from Hacker News

The Impact of OpenAI’s GPT-4 on the Future of Software Engineering

by alvivanco on 3/27/23, 12:22 AM with 2 comments

• by 13years on 3/27/23, 2:04 AM

  "Copycats will inevitably become more common. The more successful a software is, the more people will attempt to copy it. Companies will then have to rely on network effects (such as social networks and marketplaces), distribution , and switching costs (e.g. users becoming used to a particular workflow or ecosystem)."

  However, even network effects can be automated. In the end, even the existence of companies becomes irrelevant except for those supplying AI tech.

  "Any new skill/knowledge can be absorbed by the AI and scaled infinitely. Where will be the incentive for the human investment? We have copyright and other means to protect intellectual property. However, there is no protection for a skill. There has never been a way before to mimic a skill without a high burden of cost which itself was the protection"

  https://dakara.substack.com/p/ai-and-the-end-to-all-things