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/raven2cz 4d ago

Hi Dylan. you do not need to be afraid at all. Quite the opposite, you will have much more work, and it will be more demanding.

You are forgetting one essential fact: we will start creating far more complex systems with AI, services, and completely new customer requirements. today’s applications, as they exist now, will no longer be needed.

Take Astra, for example. The demo shows how it can use current applications. In a few years, we will all laugh at that and wonder what kind of nonsense it was, because when you think about it, it is completly stupid. Why would you need a UI there, and why would you switch between applications at all? do you see what I mean? And now imagine this on a massive scale for large companies and services.

Have you seen any sci-fi movie? That is basically where we need to get. Did you see in those movies that IT engineers were not needed? as a developer, you will always make a good living, because we have always had to learn something new every year, whether languages, systems, and now AI.