[blux]

I'm wondering, when will programmers be replaced by AI?

Or less strong, when is the fun, creative job of programming replaced by entering queries for some AI code bot?

I've always argued that that time is still a long way off, but seeing these advanced makes me less confident...AI is evolving so so rapidly. I hope I can make it to my pension as an old-school programmer!

[seydor]

Never. Programming is the job of automating yourself, and it has been happening for decades. Someone will be needed to enter these queries and orchestrate things

[misja111]

But will that someone still be a programmer? Or will it be a business analyst?

[scajanus]

"Programmer-archeologist", to borrow a term from Vernor Vinge. I imagine the job would entail refining the prompts and doing some work yourself to chain together modules or legacy software, sorta like splitting the tasks with the AI assistant. Pair-coding with the AI, if you will.

[seydor]

'programmers' nowadays are Api-puzzle solvers.

[yunwal]

> Or less strong, when is the fun, creative job of programming replaced by entering queries for some AI code bot?

Maybe this is just me, but I’ve never thought of writing code as the creative part of programming. Defining business logic, UX, modeling objects, design, architecture, that’s where the fun is. I would be thrilled if an AI could handle things like figuring out a SAAS provider’s API syntax.

[machiaweliczny]

I like effects of my job and focus. So I welcome that change. I think people skilled in philosopy and quick-lerners will excel with this tech