In the past, individuals measured their worth by productivity. The advancement of artificial intelligence has led to the automation of routine tasks and altered business norms, prompting a reevaluation of our existence’s purpose.<\/p>\n
ForkLog spoke with JetUp’s COO, Georgy Fomchenkov, about why written code has become a burden, how to prevent neural networks from taking authorship of one’s life, and what the world might look like in 2040.<\/p>\n
ForkLog (FL): Georgy, in your essay <\/strong>\u201cThe End of the Useful Human\u201d<\/strong>, you state that AI threatens not the individual, but their social role \u2014 \u201cthe HR department form.\u201d Why is that?<\/strong><\/p>\n Georgy Fomchenkov (G. F.):<\/strong> The fact is that this \u201chistorical contract\u201d and social roles emerged literally a few hundred years ago. Before the industrial era, people defined themselves differently: \u201cI am a father,\u201d \u201cI am a husband,\u201d \u201cI engage in creativity.\u201d There were many facets. Over the past 200 years, we have merged with our professions: \u201cI am a lawyer,\u201d \u201cI am a journalist.\u201d Roles and people became one.<\/p>\n When we say AI will replace us, we mean it will primarily replace these roles. The main question now is: what to do when a person wakes up, there is no work, food is available, but they are deadly bored? If people are not taught from childhood to seek inner meaning, they will find themselves empty and start looking for substitutes.<\/p>\n FL: In your lecture <\/strong>\u201cProgramming in the Era of Grey Boxes\u201d<\/strong>, you claim that AI has completely changed the development paradigm.<\/strong><\/p>\n G. F.: <\/strong>The main shift is that programmers need to adapt to working with a system they do not fully control. This is the \u201cgrey box.\u201d Instead of understanding every line of code, a strong engineer today is one who can surround it with the right metrics and tests to prove its safety and functionality.<\/p>\n