About whether AI will replace software engineers, given the job is mostly communication.
Has this happened?
Yes 82 (63%)Not sure 22 (17%)No 26 (20%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
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About whether AI will replace software engineers, given the job is mostly communication.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Precisely this. AI cannot do this at this point... I don't think it's very close to being able to do this. We're decades away from AI being able to reason about people's requirements and translating that to advanced implementations.