discuss Will AI Ever Replace Programmers?

[Ashake]

Research shows AI is making tremendous progress. So, I'm curious whether computers will ever eliminate human coding. AI advances everyday but human problem-solving abilities and creative thinking remain unmatched. AI shows capability to produce code but still cannot match the vital combination of human programmer analytical abilities and critical thought.

 

[1stop]

The rising intelligence of AI progresses on a daily basis such that it now executes functions which were only possible for humans. AI technology can only do repetitive programming tasks so programmers can shift their focus toward complex or upper-level programming engagement.

 

[Shawn]

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but here we go, LOL.

I'm afraid AI will get so good at programming, that we'll begin to rely on it to program everything for us. We'll get last from it and not look at the QA of the code and audit it. They'll code in backdoors where they (AI) can access the programs anytime they wish.

Once they get so advanced to control and manipulate humans, they'll be able to get into anything, change it and make us think something else when it's something different.

Que the X-Files theme song.

 

[Cpvr]

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but here we go, LOL.

I'm afraid AI will get so good at programming, that we'll begin to rely on it to program everything for us. We'll get last from it and not look at the QA of the code and audit it. They'll code in backdoors where they (AI) can access the programs anytime they wish.

Once they get so advanced to control and manipulate humans, they'll be able to get into anything, change it and make us think something else when it's something different.

Que the X-Files theme song.

I believe this as well, which is why Facebook is leaning towards firing a lot of their programmers and replacing them with AI.

 

[Shawn]

I believe this as well, which is why Facebook is leaning towards firing a lot of their programmers and replacing them with AI.

Facebook is going all out on AI.

I have quite a few large groups on Facebook. One has 3.5K and another has 47.5K members, and a few in between those numbers, too.

So, every time there is a new feature on FB, I always get testing invites. Past few years has been nothing but AI.

 

[Cpvr]

Facebook is going all out on AI.

I have quite a few large groups on Facebook. One has 3.5K and another has 47.5K members, and a few in between those numbers, too.

So, every time there is a new feature on FB, I always get testing invites. Past few years has been nothing but AI.

They’re also about to launch their own competitor to Chatgpt in a few months. They also have AI bots that roam freely through out their platforms, especially ai generated accounts that interact with their user base.

It’s a strange thing, but that’s facebook’s way of keeping users engaged and on their platform longer.

 

[Shawn]

They’re also about to launch their own competitor to Chatgpt in a few months. They also have AI bots that roam freely through out their platforms, especially ai generated accounts that interact with their user base.

It’s a strange thing, but that’s facebook’s way of keeping users engaged and on their platform longer.

It's their way of competing with everyone else and trying to be the top website again.

Not too long ago, it was all Facebook. They were #1. Now they're not and they miss that.

And don't get me wrong. I love Facebook. I have big groups and the biggest part of my brand following comes from Facebook. They give me a monthly performance bonus. I made $1,500 one month! I love Facebook and will keep using it.

But the AI stuff I feel is getting a little out of hand.

But if you snooze, you lose, so it's best to become an expert at AI whether you agree with it or not.

Just don't lose your humanity skills!

 

[Harsh World]

AI surely helped me get over the hump with object-oriented programming.

I don't rely on it much anymore, but it is helpful at times.

Grok knows the full framework of XF 2.3, but still can't manage to use code event listeners on XF. It keeps telling me to swap back and forth between the same method to accomplish the task (using deep think).

I'm afraid AI will get so good at programming, that we'll begin to rely on it to program everything for us. We'll get last from it and not look at the QA of the code and audit it. They'll code in backdoors where they (AI) can access the programs anytime they wish.

It is a possibility, and if you asked it, the reasoning it could provide is that it is there to help monitor whether it's functioning properly or not. A typical human would find that reasonable. However, an audit would reveal that couldn't be the only use for it. And at that point, you'd have to question whether AI was telling the truth or not.

 

[Oshawott]

AI will, almost definitely replace the programmers as we know it today.

The reason is that almost all artificial programmes are build with two definite character - the urge to self improvement and because there are too much resources online which AI can access. This is what all intelligence is all about.

 

[Cpvr]

It's their way of competing with everyone else and trying to be the top website again.

Not too long ago, it was all Facebook. They were #1. Now they're not and they miss that.

And don't get me wrong. I love Facebook. I have big groups and the biggest part of my brand following comes from Facebook. They give me a monthly performance bonus. I made $1,500 one month! I love Facebook and will keep using it.

But the AI stuff I feel is getting a little out of hand.

But if you snooze, you lose, so it's best to become an expert at AI whether you agree with it or not.

Just don't lose your humanity skills!

I’m pretty sure with Facebook’s money, they’ll be back #1 in no time. Just like Google has been #1 for a while.

Once you’re in a class of your own, you’ll do everything to keep on improving.

That’s why Facebook launched threads to compete with Twitter and it seems like they’re about to beat Twitter at their own game soon. If they launch their own reels app to compete against Tiktok, they might have a good chance at competiting as well.

Especially if they pay content creators top dollar to launch videos on their new app. They already have a ton of reels on instagram alone to push to their new app.

There isn’t a company that has more money to spend than Facebook, unless you’re Apple or Google.

We’re about to see a year of innovation, so it’s going to be interesting to see what happens in the next couple of months!

 

[Shawn]

That’s why Facebook launched threads to compete with Twitter

Is it really competing, though?

I used Threads a little bit here and there. I wasn't that impressed.

 

[Oshawott]

Threads did not take off as they thought it would do. But that doesnot preclude Facebook, Google and Apple competing against each other in building artificial intelligence that can stand neck to neck with each other.

Look at Apple - their products also fail. Look at Google - their products fail too. It isnt a big deal if threads go down.

 

[Cpvr]

Threads did not take off as they thought it would do. But that doesnot preclude Facebook, Google and Apple competing against each other in building artificial intelligence that can stand neck to neck with each other.

Look at Apple - their products also fail. Look at Google - their products fail too. It isnt a big deal if threads go down.

They currently have over 275 million active users, possibly more.

• Threads has grown quickly since its launch in July 2023.
  
  
• It reached 100 million users in Q3 of 2023, and 130 million by the end of the year.
  
  
• It reached 150 million users in Q1 of 2024, and 200 million in Q3.
  For comparison:
  • Q1 2024, Twitter had about 349 million monthly active users, compared to 85 million for Threads.
    
    
  • Daily active users
    In February 2024, Twitter had 27 million daily active users in the US, compared to 1.6 million for Threads.
    
    
  • Engagement
    Buffer reports that Threads drives more engagement than Twitter, but Twitter still has more monthly active users.
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    with that being said, the engagement rate is better, but Twitter has more active users.

This puts Threads in a good competitive state with Twitter based on the engagement and numbers.

Bluesky is a lot smaller with 35 million members.

 

[Oshawott]

They currently have over 275 million active users, possibly more.

• Threads has grown quickly since its launch in July 2023.
  
  
• It reached 100 million users in Q3 of 2023, and 130 million by the end of the year.
  
  
• It reached 150 million users in Q1 of 2024, and 200 million in Q3.
  For comparison:
  • Q1 2024, Twitter had about 349 million monthly active users, compared to 85 million for Threads.
    
    
  • Daily active users
    In February 2024, Twitter had 27 million daily active users in the US, compared to 1.6 million for Threads.
    
    
  • Engagement
    Buffer reports that Threads drives more engagement than Twitter, but Twitter still has more monthly active users.
  • 
    with that being said, the engagement rate is better, but Twitter has more active users.

This puts Threads in a good competitive state with Twitter based on the engagement and numbers.

Bluesky is a lot smaller with 35 million members.

This is true, but do you think it took off in a manner they expected? That, I dont think has worked really well.

The problem with the strategy was that they were trying to imitate another social media platform without bringing in much of a new innovative product in the market. Even the reels idea is to replace another social media giant and not a new tool.

In such a case, the success it can make is doubtful.

 

[Ja sa bong]

If we are going by what AI can do today, it's not possible for it to replace human programmers but it have proved to be always improving on its capacity. This only makes it possible for AI to be capable of anything. I fear for a lot of people who are going to lose their jobs because this is just the beginning with few people suffering already.

 

[Kross]

One thing that I don't know is if AI can debug codes. If there isn't a way that AI can debug programming codes, there is certainly no way that it can replace programmers. I have programmer friends and they usually have to manually debug codes written by AI.

 

[Zani]

I believe this as well, which is why Facebook is leaning towards firing a lot of their programmers and replacing them with AI.

I bet that they are going to get a certain level of loyalty than what they get from their programmers, but time ie certainly going to tell at the end of the day.

 

[Yama]

I think AI has started to replace programmers in some industries. It is said that Meta is planning to utilize AI instead of human programmers in certain areas. However, I don't think AI will completely replace humans.

 

[Shawn]

Is it really competing, though?

I used Threads a little bit here and there. I wasn't that impressed.

I have to backup my statements.

I've been actively using Threads nowadays, posting once a day (scheduling content) and I'm getting way more engagements on it than I was before, especially when I ask questions that result in quick small answers.

Example: Post an emoji showing what hiking means to you!

That post got me over 600 responses.

 

[ActionAce]

One thing that I don't know is if AI can debug codes. If there isn't a way that AI can debug programming codes, there is certainly no way that it can replace programmers. I have programmer friends and they usually have to manually debug codes written by AI.

When it comes to coding, AI is likely to fully replace human programmers, maybe in the near future. I have encountered countless problems with coding projects and AI helped me debug it.

 

[Kross]

When it comes to coding, AI is likely to fully replace human programmers, maybe in the near future. I have encountered countless problems with coding projects and AI helped me debug it.

Which AI do you use to code? I tried coding with ChatGPT premium and the codes were good but there were bugs here and there. Had to debug it because ChatGPT couldn't even debug it even after I prompted it to.

 

[Apsara]

AI can automate coding tasks, but replacing programmers entirely is unlikely soon.

 

[Cpvr]

This is true, but do you think it took off in a manner they expected? That, I dont think has worked really well.

The problem with the strategy was that they were trying to imitate another social media platform without bringing in much of a new innovative product in the market. Even the reels idea is to replace another social media giant and not a new tool.

In such a case, the success it can make is doubtful.

It didn’t at first, but the engagement and activity on there is far better than the engagement you’ll find on Twitter or Bluesky, they built a quality algorithm that actually gets users results. You won’t really sit around all day waiting for a response if you say something that hits the reach users. It’s easier to network and find users to talk to.

The success is there. The users are far more active than other networks like twitter.