About whether simple-minded developers will soon be replaced by moderately intelligent AI.
Has this happened?
Yes 103 (77%)Not sure 16 (12%)No 15 (11%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether simple-minded developers will soon be replaced by moderately intelligent AI.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
The crowing achievements of AI that interact with people are Alexa et al. Alexa can't even tell me what the newest releases are for movies.
When we can talk to an AI and describe something novel and it can interpret that, then I'll start to worry about software development jobs being lost to AI.