Will AI eventually replace software engineers and programmers?
Reviewed by Jason Burns, Editorial Steward · Last updated
No — AI is unlikely to fully replace software engineers in the near term; it is already reshaping the job by automating routine coding, boilerplate, tests, and refactors, while raising the value of judgment, system design, and product thinking. As Andrej Karpathy, put it on the record: "The hottest new programming language is English."