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It seems to me that the problem from a programmers standpoint isn't that their job will disappear but that the definition of their job will change quite a lot.
by OneEyedRobot 5y ago
It seems to me that the problem from a programmers standpoint isn't that their job will disappear but that the definition of their job will change quite a lot.
I always think of the example of supermarket cashiers. Formerly a fairly skilled job but now merely providing cheap meat-robot manipulators for a scanner. The person is still there but has a job concentrated down to the few things a person does better, and those things aren't always the fun things.
- MrsPeaches 5y agoI wonder if “coding/coder” will go the same way as “computing/computer” [1] [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(occupation) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_(occupation)
- bcrosby95 5y agoI don't see a world where this happens. Not because the AI will never be smart enough, but instead because if the system is smart enough to turn this into a low skill job, then you could just have domain experts use it - which is the holy grail of programming tools.
- Jensson 5y agoThe job already has changed, we have been using AI to write code for decades already. Most people no longer write a lot of code based on their own understanding, rather they google for code libraries or snippets, include them and then fiddle with it until they do what the coder wants it to. I don't see how this situation is any different from that.