So Much for ‘Learn to Code’
So Much for ‘Learn to Code’
In the age of AI, computer science is no longer the safe major.
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TL;DR for the linked article
The article discusses how the rise of AI may impact computer science careers going forward. While coding jobs have long been seen as stable career paths, chatbots can now generate code in various languages. Developers are using AI tools like Copilot to accelerate routine coding tasks. Within a decade, coding bots may be able to do much more than basic tasks. However, programmers will still be needed to guide AI toward productive solutions. Teaching coding is also becoming more challenging, as students could use chatbots to cheat. Conceptual problem-solving skills will remain important for programmers to apply their expertise where AI falls short. The future may belong to those who can think entrepreneurially about how technology solves problems.
In the end, what students study may matter less than their ability to apply knowledge to technology challenges.
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However, programmers will still be needed to guide AI toward productive solutions
So it would still be safe, they'd just be doing different work from what they do now. Same as how other advances in tech stacks made it so we do things differently now than 30 years ago.
People are very adaptable
Indeed. Do people still use emacs to code, for example?
Technologies evolve. People coding today in COBOL or Fortran are few and far between (but very well compensated).
Do people still use emacs to code, for example?
Umm. Yes.
Yeah sure, i use Emacs to code. In evil mode. A lot of Emacs users use it to code. Why would you think otherwise?
No, all the cool kids use Vim.
Hell yea we do use emacs!
Do people still use emacs to code, for example?
Sure. Why wouldn't they?
Indeed. Do people still use emacs to code, for example?
Not sure if that's a serious question. Yes. They do. And many use it effectively. I use (neo)vim though because it works for me
Yes, that's the key. I haven't written assembly code since the 1990s, I use higher-level abstractions to get to the goal more quickly now. AI-generated code is just yet another layer of abstraction away from machine language.