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What will the people who use LLMs to write code be called? What will the field be called?

Where will all the power and computers come from that will replace the tens of millions of software developers?

I feel reasonably confident that most of the people who are making these hyperbolic claims either don't understand programming at a deep enough level to make the claim or are trying to sell you something.

I'll throw my hat behind this horse because, honestly, if I was just learning to code, I would have probably quit by now due to the frequency of these types of comments. LLMs have certainly improved at an impressive rate, and they're fairly decent at producing 'Lego' blocks. However, when it comes to block building—the real meat and potatoes of programming—they're, at best, bad butchers. Building functional systems is hard, and it's simply something LLMs can't do now or perhaps ever. Or I just don't know how to prompt. 50/50.

No, I've got 12+ years of experience in FAANG software engineering. I really believe the end is near

FWIW, very few people will actually care about this statement unless you state your name, work you've done, etc. A lot of users here don't pay heed to anonymous appeals to authority.

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