Various fringe voices and other interested parties love to claim that GPT models will soon replace everyone. But fortunately or unfortunately, these models don’t actually create knowledge. People do, based on their own experience. The models just learn from what already exists.

If you’ve ever programmed in a less popular language, like Swift, you know that GPT models often can’t solve even half of the basic problems beyond “Hello, World” or basic UI layout. And when it comes to more specialized fields, like embedded systems, forget it.

If platforms like StackOverflow and others that generate real knowledge disappear, we’ll eventually end up with neither good GPT models, nor StackOverflow, nor real human expertise.

Most developers, who enjoy riding hoverboards, will find themselves back in a world where you can’t find answers on Google, ChatGPT, or StackOverflow. At this rate, a lot of people really could lose their jobs, unless they start thinking for themselves.