ChatGPT Isn't Coming for Your Coding Job New technologies have long promised to make human software engineers redundant. But developers have only gotten more important over time.
Software engineers have joined the ranks of copy editors, translators, and others who fear that they’re about to be replaced by generative AI. But it might be surprising to learn that coders have been under threat before. New technologies have long promised to “disrupt” engineering, and these innovations have always failed to get rid of the need for human software developers. If anything, they often made these workers that much more indispensable. To understand where handwringing about the end of programmers comes from—and why it’s overblown—we need to look back at the evolution of coding and computing. ... Bearing this history in mind, claims that ChatGPT will replace all software engineers seem almost assuredly misplaced. https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-coding-software-crisis/ ...and, of course, this can be generalized about other AI tools. They're tools, not independent actors. On Sat, 16 Sep 2023 15:23:09 +0000, Bill Johnson <mellonb...@yahoo.com> wrote: >I’m going to laugh when AI replaces many of you assembler deniers. The under >40 for sure. Maybe the under 50. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
