AI Won't Eliminate Programming, But Can Make It Better
insideBIGDATA, Monday, November 13,2023
Software programmers are looking over their shoulders these days, fretting about how quickly large language artificial intelligence models seem to be gaining on them and, specifically, whether those models threaten their jobs.
Their fears are somewhat understandable. After all, ChatGPT, GitHub CoPilot, Google Codey, and a growing list of other models are available to help programmers write code. And a few companies may see AI models and programmers as interchangeable parts that can be easily swapped. But despite the anxiety, the number of programmers who will actually be replaced by AI is negligible.
Programmers are still in high demand, even amid widespread layoffs affecting other jobs. In addition, the main benefit of AI models in programming has been as tools that assist programmers in building code. Neither of those two things are going to change anytime soon. What will change is how programming is done, with AI and programmers working together.