What’s the deal with people in this field constantly calling things dead when there’s no evidence or data to suggest that they’re dying?
Generative AI models can write code: “Software engineering is dead.”
OpenAI gains a new competitor, Deepseek: “OpenAI is dead.”
TikTok gets banned temporarily: “TikTok is dead.”
Price of Bitcoin crashes: “Bitcoin is dead.”
ChatGPT can do part of a consultant’s job: “Consulting is dead.”
To me, dead is a lagging indicator that means the thing has declined drastically over a longer-term and has no chance of coming back since it’s obsolete. I rarely see it used in that way; it’s always used to speculate on short-term trends when nothing has even happened yet.
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r/cscareerquestions What’s the deal with people in this field constantly calling things dead when there’s no evidence or data to suggest that they’re dying? Generative AI models can write code: “Software engineering is dead.” OpenAI gains a new competitor, Deepseek: “OpenAI is dead.” TikTok gets banned temporarily: “TikTok is dead.” Price of Bitcoin crashes: “Bitcoin is dead.” ChatGPT can do part of a consultant’s job: “Consulting is dead.” To me, dead is a lagging indicator that means the thing has declined drastically over a longer-term and has no chance of coming back since it’s obsolete. I rarely see it used in that way; it’s always used to speculate on short-term trends when nothing has even happened yet. submitted by /u/BAMartin1618 [link] [comments]
What’s the deal with people in this field constantly calling things dead when there’s no evidence or data to suggest that they’re dying?
Generative AI models can write code: “Software engineering is dead.”
OpenAI gains a new competitor, Deepseek: “OpenAI is dead.”
TikTok gets banned temporarily: “TikTok is dead.”
Price of Bitcoin crashes: “Bitcoin is dead.”
ChatGPT can do part of a consultant’s job: “Consulting is dead.”
To me, dead is a lagging indicator that means the thing has declined drastically over a longer-term and has no chance of coming back since it’s obsolete. I rarely see it used in that way; it’s always used to speculate on short-term trends when nothing has even happened yet.
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