About why software engineers' jobs are more exposed to AI than doctors' or lawyers'.
Has this happened?
Yes 7 (5%)Not sure 30 (21%)No 103 (74%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About why software engineers' jobs are more exposed to AI than doctors' or lawyers'.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
It’s the nature of our jobs. The artefacts we produce, code and documentation are out in the open, available freely for training LLMs.
That’s not true for highly qualified doctors, patient case histories, patient feedback that helps doctors diagnose or treat patients or for surgeons to operate on patients. All of these actions are high stakes, get it wrong and people could die, AI would never be able to replace them.