Not really, AI is still absolute shit at most tasks, and programming requires many different skills. AlphaGo, for example does a fairly simple task (relative to

Not really, AI is still absolute shit at most tasks, and programming requires many different skills. AlphaGo, for example does a fairly simple task (relative to programming), which was trained on tons of existing and very simple data. If you are automating coding and design tasks that means you are adding new tools, that people on both ends on the automated process will need to learn and understand, this adds extra cost and complexity. I agree that many programming tasks can be automated, but I don't think it will have a significant impact in the next 50 years. I think automation will hit most other sectors a lot faster and harder than it will IT, and the new automation will require more engineers to manage it.