About whether GPT-4 writing scripts means people will stop writing code within ten years.
Has this happened?
Yes 53 (39%)Not sure 46 (34%)No 36 (27%)
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
Hacker News has set AI a lot of challenges over the years. Which ones has it met?
About whether GPT-4 writing scripts means people will stop writing code within ten years.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
That's not exactly the complexity of typical software that must solve an actual, difficult, business problem.
Wake me up when ChatGPT is able to write and maintain a POS system, or an online store with attached fulfillment management. Anything that goes beyond a fancy 100-line script. Anything that people actually hire teams of senior devs, business analysts and software architects for.