Unfortunately I disagree as LLMs are not traditional software and not input /output systems. Additionally, like other types of high value, power imbued software like say credit scoring engines and b2 bomber flight controls, the maintainers of AI systems will be the equivalent of high priests.
The controllability of output of AI by merely writing code is not something that exists today and what we call bugs in traditional software is not the same concept as a slightly incorrect or completely fabricated LLM response.
Software engineers need to start having serious conversations about whether non contract employment is even a good idea.
Yes there are pitfalls to permanent contracting, and some folks dont have the stomach for it. As a contractor, I see employees doing less and less dedicated work, and also when it comes to devops training and cloud adoption employees usually seem behind the curve.
Just because something has a cost doesn't mean it's irreplacable or rare.
There's other things that cost alot on a vehicle, wheels and tires on an SUV cost more or about equal to the catalytic converter, so by design wheels and tires are from a supply and demand perspective more precious and rare than catalytic converters.
What thieves choose to steal has nothing to do with scarcity and everything to do with convenience. While these small amounts of precious metals may sound important rare earth metals are literally everywhere.
Were just too rich to care about mining them in the first world.
Hoarding terabytes is sort of a thing you can never get your head around unless you are stealing mp3s.
But hoarding gigabytes is pretty easy, also I think the term hoarding is pretty loaded language in this context? Saving things so they don't get lost is the way to go.
Just as an example, after Steve Jobs died apple went into everyone's email at .me and deleted their emails between them and SJ.
The old boys club which has been outsourcing programmer for 20 years to India figured out that they can just fake it since nobody has complained yet.
And before software engineers unionize they came up with some snake oil to put us in our place, maybe try to force us back into offices, or just eliminate us.
Nobody can deny that Sam Altman and Bill Gates have been trying to "reduce costs" for a long time. The startups with devs in portugal, costa rica, Mexico, Spain, the Ukraine, India, China, anyplace where they can pay 5 dollars for a day's work.
When Bill gates said he would pay programmers 7 dollars an hour, we were all offended, we didn't realize that he was already doing it and that would be a significant raise in pay.