The AI debate that I see all over LinkedIn (in my world) is whether AI is better at programming than human.
It comes in several forms. The first is straight up, “Is AI better at coding than humans?” But it also comes in sub-forms such as “Is AI better than senior programmers?” and “Will AI eliminate junior programmers?” It also comes in the form of warnings such as “Beware the security risks of AI coding” and “AI-coded apps will be maintenance nightmares,” and the exact opposite, “AI-coded apps eliminate the need for maintenance.”
Human programmers must design their code for functionality, performance, efficiency, testability, readability, security, and maintainability (i.e., the ability to fix and revise it in the future).
Can AI programmers do all that?
The AI programmer debate is no different than the debate around AI and all other professions and arts. It sounds like, “Will AI eliminate jobs and make humans irrelevant?”
That’s not the debate. That’s a distraction.
The debate isn’t “Will AI eliminate me?”
The debate is “Will AI work for me, or will I work for AI?”
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