Maybe… maybe… tools like Copilot will allow us to work at a higher level of abstraction (like optimizing compilers have allowed us to do).
I say maybe because so far the code that Copilot has generated for me has been impressive for what it is, but riddled with obvious and subtle bugs. It’s like outsourcing my function implementations to a C-student undergraduate intern. I definitely wouldn’t use any of its code without close scrutiny.
AI will make some software engineering tasks more efficient and more accessible but human programmers are not going anywhere any time this side of the Singularity.
I say maybe because so far the code that Copilot has generated for me has been impressive for what it is, but riddled with obvious and subtle bugs. It’s like outsourcing my function implementations to a C-student undergraduate intern. I definitely wouldn’t use any of its code without close scrutiny.
AI will make some software engineering tasks more efficient and more accessible but human programmers are not going anywhere any time this side of the Singularity.