PyCon AU 2025

Benno Rice

Benno is widely known as someone with opinions and a (possibly over-)willingness to share them. He has been working with computers professionally for over 30 years (unprofessionally for longer) and takes particular joy in examining how computers, the Internet, and all that surrounds all of these intersects with the humanity that it is meant to help.


What is your Mastodon/Fediverse handle?:

@benno@eigenmagic.net

What is your Bluesky handle?:

@benno.au

What pronouns do you use?:

he/him


Session

09-14
12:00
30min
Skill Issue
Benno Rice

With the arrival of large language models and the generative tools built on them we have seen a huge increase in pressure to use these tools in our work.

This worries me, but it's hard to easily explain why.

Am I being paranoid? Or just overly opposed to a change that's inevitable? Is it just... a skill issue?

I invite you to listen to me dig through the history of the relationship between automation, technology, and work to try to unpack my feelings on where our industry is headed.

Main Conference
Ballroom 3