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Every couple years someone would predict software developers (where CS majors were heading) would be out of job for various reasons. Spreadsheets would let business people to do analysis. Report writers let people to generate reports. Visual programming let people drag and drop to build software. VBA will take care of all business needs. Rule engines will generate programs en-mass. Code gen from UML/State-Diagram would make developers obsolete. The latest is the claim that AI will generate software and replace developers. These people are clueless about the nature of programming, software abstraction, and the trends to automate all aspects of life. Software and developers are more likely to put people from other fields out of job than the other way around.

It's more likely the teaching aspect of the college professor will be replaced by AI/machine in the near future.



lol. Yeah, if schools can commit to it, top notch online lectures from top notch schools, will surely turn not-so-good-profs into a tenured TA.




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