Even if they're your boss? Remember that most people here are not independently wealthy, they're stuck answering to someone who may not have so level a take on these things as you do.
> and you'll be rehired and have to clean up the mess, then continue on
Not how this works. Yes, it happens sometimes, but there's no guarantee. Alternatives include:
- The rest of your team (or another tam) soaks up the additional work by working longer hours
- They hire someone else, or transfer someone from elsewhere
- The company accepts the lower output quality / whatever breakages result
- The breakages, even if unacceptable, only show up months down the line
So all that needs to happen is for your boss to believe they can replace you up to the point where they feel comfortable firing you. Whether that works or not is largely immaterial to the impact it thereafter has on your ability to pay rent / your mortgage / etc.
The fact that you could be fired at any time hasn't changed. That was true before any of this. Maybe this is a wake up call that it's a real risk, but the risk was always there and should be planned for
The more important thing though is that if LLMs can't replace people (remains to be seen) they won't lead to a net job loss. You'll find something else
The problem there is the boss, not the technology. If it isn’t an insane take on AI, it’d be on something else, and eventually will be. People quit bad managers, not bad jobs. If you have a bad manager, work on quitting them.
I think the problem is the techno fascist oligarchs that are peddling the snake oil that LLMs will wipe out all white collar jobs tomorrow. Managers usually answer to C suite, and the C suite is salivating at the idea of laying off 80% of staff
