[senfiaj]

I don't belong to both "AI has replaced engineers" and "AI will never replace engineers" camps. But for now, AI is far from replacing SWEs and development processes, especially for complex software (that has many complicated specifics, such as deployment, migration, specification, code conventions, domain knowledge etc).

Yes, nowadays AI is really powerful, our company even encourages us to use it for generating some code / documentation or reviewing your own code / documentation. In recent years several IDEs are integrating it. But it's not a panacea and has its limitations. Still, it has to be supervised, the generated code should still be reviewed and corrected. You should view AI as more like an "IDE autocompletion on steroids". You need to understand the difference between a vibe coder and a normal developer who enhances his productivity by AI.

Currently AI hasn't enough autonomy for fully replacing SWEs and development processes (yet). Full stop. The article might become correct in 20 years I guess.

[bossyTeacher]

>The article might become correct in 20 years I guess.

You shouldn't wait 20 years to worry or talk about it though.