[hmwhy]

> You can’t automate the creation of software because the requirements are not known.

It seems like the entire article is based on this sentiment. I read the article but I'm not sure what the point it's trying to make is.

Even in this thread everyone appears to have a different idea of what automation is in the first place, and the author is basically suggesting that we will never have something close to the level of a sentient AI identifying requirements to produce a piece of code with no human involvement...?

I'm not well-versed in AI, and I'm not sure anyone on this planet is qualified to make a claim that we will never get even "close" to that point, but it seems reasonable that most of the things listed can be reduced to simple data and automated with well defined functions that transform them along the way:

    * Specific tasks and activities
    * Captures different data
    * Can see or not see certain data
    * Security — What can and can’t specific users do
    * Different goals
    * Individual responsibilities
    * Processes
    * Reports and visuals of data to decide