Will AI replace programmers, is coding dead?

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Is it still worth learning to code now that tools like ChatGPT can do it so well? Will AI replace software engineers?

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[ciudadesoscuras]

now each programmer is a full development team

[LearnFrontendNow]

After watching this video as a Senior Software engineer of 7 years I can confidently say this has put me ease. The understanding that the language model is limited to imitating data-sets found in articles, documentation and other things like that... it's not fully equipped to help build, architect or scale large systems/apps. It at least means we have some runway but I'm hoping they'll be safeguards put in place for people's livelihoods not disappearing overnight.

[pepperpeterpiperpickled]

Fireship said the next generation largely dont understand *how* something works, only that it works. He said something like 'there'll be work for people who are able to trouble shoot and ask the right questions'

[obinator]

I had a lecture in software lifecycle management. That itself is enough to cover a job, I.e by specifiying the requirements.
And consulting. Because a simple prompt won't just suffice. There's much complexity to testing and debugging as well.

[johnodonoghue]

Coding in business is mostly about understanding the requirements and asking good questions of the users. Writing the code is the easy part.

[hardy]

Wil AI replace all ? No.
Will it replace a lot ? Yes

[TheModularChannel]

In my experience, chat GPT genuinely sucks at writing code. Where it shines is helping you to understand how to write better code yourself rather than just passing it off to the machine.

[jacobo]

"I think that ChatGPT will be like a compiler. Nowadays, fewer people write in Assembly or machine code and use compilers and other programming languages instead. In the future, coding will likely evolve to another level and become more accessible to more people. I believe that coding will focus more on program architecture rather than just the coding itself."

[MrZola]

One hurdle for broad corporate adoption of Chat GTP is information security. Businesses aren’t eager and have legal obligations that will not allow them to have their data go up into these chat systems for evaluation.

[Doggy_Styles_Coding]

I started going to university when i turned 28. And i saw people in their 40s gaining excellent marks, even without having any knowledge before starting.

[jllarivee]

Idk, I think in 10 years people who never programmed will be able to ask an AI:

Lets make a game.
Make my character look like this.
Lets implement sprint to the character.
Now lets add other AI characters in the game who try to shoot at me.

And someone without coding, in minutes or a few days, will be able to do all the things a developer who has trained for years can do.
I think it'll take someone new to the field, and make them 95% a pro. However a pro can use AI and become faster and slightly better at creating also. But will it be enough?

[martin]

So many people in denial. Most of the people who say it sucks at coding either used chatgpt 3 or did not give it good enough prompts. Even if you can argue that it sucks, you still need to realize it will get 10-100x better better the next few years. It wont replace all programmers but it will make all programmers 10x faster.

[jl]

whilst this is an optimistic way of looking at the issue, its not quite realistic. its very much only a matter of time. GPT4 will not be the last iteration, they’re only getting started

[sscalercourtney]

Not being a programmer, I have no personal involvement. But I think all but perhaps all but the brightest 5% of coders will lose their jobs. And the jobs that remain will be about which problem to solve, not how to solve a problem. I know one company in New York City, that just replaced 76 coders in India with AI. Of course, the Indian coders had a problem in understanding English and American problems in their purely excellent coding skills. They could code as well as the American coders they replaced. But their English language and understanding of how business, not coding works, got all 76 coders in India replaced this past year.
I can speak to Google and ask it questions and it can talk back to me with answers now.
Now the company in New York City, that I know replaced 76 coders in India had 2 American coders whose job was to correct code written by the Indians who misconstructed the English language. With voice recognition, that should be no problem in the future.

[frhyuhy]

Many large corporations separate the requirements capture from the coding. For critical code, all the way down to the exact code that satisfy each requirement. Maybe the requirement capture step is safe but what about all the software engineers doing the coding?

[fahadrehmani]

I agree, it cannot replace the job however it’s has helped me making my job 10 times faster.

[braceleerohith]

Denial in our industry is unbelievable. We are gonna get replaced very soon, so rather than denying just adapt and find new ways to make money. Forgot about engineers NLP is so good that it's seems like the expiry date for programming it self is approaching.

[krzysztofporadzinski]

Today I had a little chat about probability with this funny fellow. Well, mathematics seems to be something more than esoteric "lingo" and Chat is very... linguistic. But he is very good assistance in "technical" problems. Very useful tool. Richer and good-looking-brother of good old Uncle Google.

[ismaelfernandezmendez]

I think this is true for now. Once AI get so good that it can basically think, we are doomed. However, it's not just us who are screwed but basically any human in the planet.

I am equally hyped and terrified at the same time.

[deldridg]

This is almost Michael Palin in "Carry on Programming!" Great thoughts and thank you - David