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[–] [email protected] 95 points 11 months ago (11 children)

Engineering is about trust. In all other and generally more formalized engineering disciplines, the actual job of an engineer is to provide confidence that something works. Software engineering may employ fewer people because the tools are better and make people much more productive, but until everyone else trusts the computer more, the job will exist.

If the world trusts AI over engineers then the fact that you don't have a job will be moot.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

As someone who works on the city side of development review, I can firmly say I'll trust a puppy alone with my dinner than a Civil Engineer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Are civil engineers known to eat off people's plates?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Think they confused it with uncivil engineers

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