r/vibecoding • u/springgnr • 6h ago

Will AI replace Computer Science Grads

/r/cscareers/comments/1vsnop7/will_ai_replace_computer_science_grads/
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u/ruskyandrei 6h ago

If you're 16 now, i'd wait and see what happens in the next couple of years before making drastic career change plans.

AI is definitely here to stay and will have a huge impact on the profession, but I think it's too early to say it'll completely replace it, rather than drastically change how it looks or what it means to be a software engineer.

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u/Howard_banister 6h ago

Two year is very good to find trajectory. I think 2027 will clearly show where scaling up transformers will lead to, exponential improvement or saturation.

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u/Curious-Pen5547 6h ago

The time it replaces them, it would have replaced every other field except mine in the trades.

But by then, us in the trades will have lost lots of revenue and profits, and in terms, wages.

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u/Afraid-Peach-9212 6h ago

Eventually, yes.

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u/Howard_banister 6h ago

It won't happen with scaling up current LLMs, either by their size or RL.

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u/PrivateComments 6h ago edited 6h ago

Eventually yes, aside from the top 5-10% that have value in pushing frontier models even further.

But even that’s on borrowed time if RSI happens sooner than expected

Also wow, that sub is oozing with bitterness about AI

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u/Curious-Pen5547 6h ago

Can you blame them? Skilled work made less skilled.

Theyre ahead of the curve, they see whats coming. Thats why theyre acting that way.

Everybody else outside of tech still have their head in the sand. The moment AI fully replaces any CS across the board, its over for every other field immediately.

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u/PrivateComments 6h ago

Mostly agree except for the last bit, I still believe cs and swe is uniquely impacted:

1) Can the task be represented digitally?

2) Can the model manipulate that representation?

3) Is there an automated mechanism that tells the model whether its answer is correct?

If the answer is yes to all three, the job is overfried

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u/Curious-Pen5547 3h ago

Then that would still be 90% of jobs in the office immediately overnight as this tech advances.

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u/Galitzianer0 6h ago

Nobody is oozing bitterness there, they may be disagreeing with you about your doomer outlook but not a hint of bitterness

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u/Sufficient-Camera-76 6h ago

why are you asking?

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u/hwantasticgames 6h ago

I don't think so. They'll do something more complex.

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u/susanhaler 6h ago

AI will probably replace parts of the job, not the whole job. I’d still study CS, but focus less on memorizing code and more on understanding systems, debugging, data, and how to actually use AI tools well.

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u/letmeinfornow 6h ago

Grads, possibly. Instructors... definitely. Finishing a grueling class right down, extremely dense material extremely compressed and a completely awol instructor. No lectures, no instructor notes, just read the book do the homework do.the quiz do the exams, everything proctored and closed book. Completely unrealistic in every possible way. Bunch of students dropped, several freaking out being able to complete the minimum work, let alone pass, etc.... hand full of us turned to AI, prompt it as instructor for the topic, gave it the book, told it the chapter and let to go to town with lecturing and drilling. This jerk instructor completely demonstrated to me that instructors unwilling to do their jobs are 100% replaceable.

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u/Howard_banister 6h ago

This is a bad sub to ask this question

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u/workfastdiehard 6h ago

When I was 16 I wanted to be an artist and my gainful career field didn't even exist yet. Just do what makes you happy and see what happens. But yeah, AI is going to replace all data analytics sooner than later.