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From: ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram)
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Subject: Re: Is Programming Obsolete?
Date: 7 Apr 2024 16:18:59 GMT
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Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> wrote or quoted:
>Is Programming Obsolete?

  When I laid eyes on that title "Is Programming Obsolete?", I
  figured the article was gonna be all about how these newfangled
  AI systems are gonna be taking over the job of writing code
  before long. You know, they'll be able to understand what we're
  asking for in plain English and then whip up the program we
  need or tweak an existing one, so us old coots won't have to be
  messing around with all that programming mumbo-jumbo anymore.

  Yep, the way I see it, those AI gizmos are gonna be putting
  us programmers out to pasture before too long. We'll be
  as obsolete as a rotary phone, mark my words. These young
  whippersnappers these days, they won't even know what it's
  like to have to painstakingly write out line after line of code
  just to get a simple task done. Nope, they'll just be barking
  orders at their AI assistants and watching the magic happen.
  Heck, they probably won't even know how to use a punch card!

  Ah, but don't you worry. Us old-timers, we'll still be hanging
  around, spinning our war stories about the good old days
  when we had to use our noggins to solve problems. We'll be
  like the last of a dying breed, clinging to our FORTRAN and
  COBOL like a security blanket. Just you wait and see!