Is the AI and Machine Learing field going to get over saturated? All the college majors want to do it, is there enough demand?

I thought the whole premise about software is that 1 code can replace the work of thousands if not millions of working human beings.

If that's the premise, then shouldn't software be bringing down the number of jobs out there over time. We aren't supplementing human work anymore: we are literally replacing human capital with a near cost free scalable alternative.

I don't see why the market should have a huge growth in jobs for software just because tech is the future. Why do we need everyone to code.

That's my personal take on the general software industry. And a lot of software jobs in the entry market right now (regardless of hype) are saturated (or becoming saturated). For instance, just because games in the future would be more graphic intensive does not imply the software gaming industry to be a place to work in: the gaming industry is known for horrible work life balance with lower pay (relative to rest of market) and high barrier of entry.

I personally think there might be some rude awakening in the near future in which people realize just because programming is the future does not imply all those people can get those jobs. I know firmware is relatively not as saturated currently but once word gets out for that too, who knows.

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