As a top quint techy in AI I want basic income 'cause I feel kind of guilty about the jobs I'm destroying. So, I guess (a) is closest.
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The thing is: our professionals suck. None of us know what we're doing. Pretending some have the perfect answers would not be good now.
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yea a big reason the field is as anti-credentialist as it is is because existing credentials have no predictive value
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it's a mistake to view programming as unique in comparison to other complex fields, it's just presently much freer
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so intelligence/raw talent/intuition/adaptability matter a lot more than adherence to procedure which can be trained
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this is resolved by the field having a few shocks where the wild west sort of culture/practice causes enormous loss
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then it becomes much more conservative in what is allowed, options are restricted enough to be drilled into new entrants
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and credentials emerge to certify not that the recipient is skillful but that they have learned and can follow protocol
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thus a much more stifling and uncreative field with enormous barriers to entry
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AKA putting engineering into software engineering. http://pets.com will probably still be exempt.
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Fortunately, most software work is in the advertising biz, so little potential for direct physical harm.
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Oh no! The algo is serving up Pepsi ads to diehard Coke drinkers! Not the same potential as putting fuel tank where it explodes on impact.
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There's already a divide between PHD and non that does a lot of harm. I don't want to see that formalized between professionals and non.
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