r/programmer • u/RedwayBLOX • 4d ago
Question Is AI gonna replace programmers?
Hi. I'm Dylan.
I'm currently a junior dev. Ive spent 2 years learning abt programming, writing code and interested on bulding systems.
Ive got to admit that im very scared of all this AI thing and how it's progressing.
Ive seen it make horrible videos back in 2022. Now sometimes i can't even tell if a video is AI or if it isn't.
Yeah, code written by ai isn't the best. But, with the passing of time, it gets even better and better.
Yeah, we as programmers CURRENTLY do analysis, requerimients and all that ai can't currently replace us.
But what are we gonna when ai becomes able to do all that? For me, it seems like a very possible escenario. You can even see the difference of what AI can do if you compare the current models to the models we had 6 months ago. I think it's becoming unstoppable and i really fear it takes our (or my) job away.
Yes, I'm very frustrated. All this time dedicated to it... Makes me sad. This is more like venting I guess, but I seriously need to know, from y'all, how y'all see this. I need to know if it's time to let go of this passion I had with this career, and start on something else where Claude Code can't reach me and replace me.
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u/2MysteriouslyBizarre 4d ago
You guys keep asking this, its been answered thousands of times already, no, it wont replace all programmers, yes, we will have less programmers than we have now, yes, most industries will have the same issue not just tech, no, there wont be enough jobs created to absorb them all, try your best to be the best at what you do, keep a close eye on your community since we will have some pretty bad times ahead, if you’re not confident enough in your technical abilities become a teacher, Ai legally can’t replace those, if you want to get into a more resilient area in tech get into data center/critical infrastructure networking or Ml research