We recently had a guest lecturer in a Computer Science elective, who, when asked about the state of AI, told us if he were us now, he would not take the CS education, because of how evolved AI is. He elaborated: "We know in our industry how fucked we are, other industries don't know it yet, but AI is coming for the majority of all jobs!".
He also told us that many big tech companies already have a very high percentage of their code purely AI reviewed, generated or refactored - now, there might be some truth to this, but it is not that simple.
I wholeheartedly disagree with that opinion and I disagree with it every time I read it on LinkedIn, Reddit or on any social platform.
A Reason Why I Love AI
I was never good at grammar. Maybe it was because in school I'd rather look out the window and think about everything else but grammar, so when we had dictation tests I flunked, every time - I was too fast, I didn't pay attention or I was more invested in the way the words looked than whether it was correct.
So now, as an adult, I never proof read, not because I don't want to, but because I am genuinely bad at it - but writing is something I love, putting different words together, how it looks on the screen and what feeling a sentence might invoke.
Personally, this is something AI excels at; it can help me think less about correctness of grammar, and more about the creative value of writing and makes me focus on the part of it that I love doing.
It does something for me that I will never be good at, or don't want to be good at, so I can do something I was always meant to do.
Proof reading is a job that is endangered by AI, however, I do not have the capital to send anything off to a proof reader before I post it here. So what it does do for me, is add an extra level of quality, that I would not have otherwise.
In other words, I do see the value of AI - I also see the threat posed by AI, but what I don't see is the doomsday picture painted by Big Tech.
Computer Science and AI
Software begins with human meaning and intent; the two things that cannot originate from AI without us teaching it first. We learn them from experience, culture and environments - past and present. It writes in human-readable languages because it learned from us, which means the meaning and intent always came first from a human.
The claims that AI will abolish programmers are completely devoid of merit and truly only tells us one thing: we are scared of new technology, even if we created it.
I have seen the posts proving that AI can generate complete app services, which is cool and all, but the intent and meaning behind the application came from a human - it always does.
But I love programming and (mostly) all aspects of it - so why should I put on a blindfold and let it lead me through the process of designing something I have the intent of putting out to the world? It can definitely help me reach my goal faster - maybe even better too - but I mean to create something worthwhile and it has to feel like my creation too.
But it seems like people think programming starts and ends with syntax, not intent.
It's the Real Thing! - Coca Cola Company, about Coca Cola
Any given company, who sells a product, will always market that their product is the best and that they use it themselves and experience great satisfaction in it.
And of course they will; this is not a blog post against corporate greed - which is in this day and age more of a force majeure than anything else and I could write a post about that too. Maybe some other time.
Who wants to buy a product that the company themselves isn't preaching to the skies? That would be bad salesmanship. The loudest voices predicting the death of programmers are the ones selling the murder weapon and pulling the trigger.
Below is a table of big tech companies who use AI extensively to generate code.
| Company | % of Code by AI | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | 20–30% | TechCrunch, Apr 2025 |
| Well over 30% | Entrepreneur, Apr 2025 | |
| Meta | ~50% (projected) | Entrepreneur, Apr 2025 |
| OpenAI | 50%+ (est. by Altman) | Slashdot, Mar 2025 |
| Anthropic | 70–90% | Fortune, Jan 2026 |
We should be skeptical of these numbers for the same reason we'd be skeptical of Coca Cola calling itself the best soft drink, it's a commercial.
But what about layoffs at companies that don't sell AI? These are more often the result of pandemic-era overhiring than evidence of AI replacing workers, AI is just a convenient excuse.
Discovery of Fire
When man created fire for the first time - to keep warm and shine a light in the night - did they think the sun needn't rise again?
The world did change after the discovery of fire, and the world has also changed since modern AI has rolled out. But two things we can agree on since the discovery of fire: the world didn't end in an all-annihilating firestorm, and we merely learned how to use fire to our advantage.
Panicking isn’t irrational when something this powerful appears. But history suggests we eventually learn to use it.
Conclusion
In a crowd there will always be untruth, not because every single member of the crowd is telling lies, but because it only needs one person, or company, to poison the rest, resulting in lecturers telling students they should find another profession.
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