”Those claiming we’re mere months away from AI agents replacing most programmers” should think again
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Claims from this post (3)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
“debugging is hard, and a big part of what coders do, and not about to be replaced.”
What we tested: Debugging is hard and a big part of what coders do, and it is not about to be replaced by AI.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“The only way we are going to get past this kind of 80:20, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t kind of AI is to change the paradigm.”
What we tested: AI will not get past its 80:20, sometimes-works reliability unless the paradigm changes.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
“But the big change we need still hasn’t come.”
What we tested: As of April 2025, the paradigm change AI needs has not happened.