I have to agree, I cannot quite pinpoint the fixation on LLMs doing away with software engineers/developers. I know teachers who rely on ChatGPT and Claude to do so many parts of their jobs; marking work, providing feedback for a kid's homework, lesson planning and even answering subject matter questions they don't know how to. LLMs work so much better so many professions,
right now, than it does for software development.
Clearly, even assuming they are wrong far less often and don't hallucinate in the very near future, there is a human element that LLMs certainly can't replace (unless semi-autonomous robots become a thing soon). Why isn't the same thought process applied to writing software? It's obvious if you've worked in this industry for any amount of time just how paramount that human element is to producing useful programs.
If current and/or near future AI will replace us, then it's surely replacing almost everyone else, no?
Clearly, even assuming they are wrong far less often and don't hallucinate in the very near future, there is a human element that LLMs certainly can't replace (unless semi-autonomous robots become a thing soon). Why isn't the same thought process applied to writing software? It's obvious if you've worked in this industry for any amount of time just how paramount that human element is to producing useful programs.
If current and/or near future AI will replace us, then it's surely replacing almost everyone else, no?