Mark Zuckerberg says Ai will REPLACE Developers in 2025!

[@airtimebt4306]

Remember this is the same guy that said the metaverse was the future.

[@Anjarhoussine-p3h]

Best comment here.

[@Mo-ln6qo]

hahaha good point

[@andrenations1]

this guy is a joke.

[@brainites]

🤣

[@christorok1906]

Add Augmented Reality to that also. That really never took off.

[@nickhuynh6321]

AI can replace CEO's now...

[@Joshua.Developer]

That is going to go first. Young people , these gen alpha developers will have a AI running their independent companies. You won't need a CEO

[@cXms-k8y]

I don't think so It's not possible to ceo stuff Why because developers are coding stuff it's self contained Ceos don't have that kind of compartmentalisation like developers do

[@vg1024]

comment makes no sense.

[@Joshua.Developer]

@vg1024 No it could you can create a AI bot that could handle a large % of the work Mark does. Share holders would be happy they can simple replace the bot when needed no salary and they can get even more money.

[@The-Dirty-Straw]

People say this out of spite, but I don't think AI can replace critical thinking tasks, and the downstream tasks as well. Shit is hard to do all over the board.

[@lappdev5071]

Incoming demand for real developers after AI screws up company code beyond all human recognition in 3....2....

[@praveenm5723]

My biggest concern is how are these companies gonna trust AI with their sensitive data especially a llm

[@nguyenconghuy3847]

​@@praveenm5723 we still have to review the code it write and know what exactly what we want right. I think AI's gonna remove some mid and junior level devs and we just need some experienced dev to review and verify the code that generated by AI.

[@ll18307]

@@lappdev5071 Support Engineers will going to have a hard time supporting their AI built applications.

[@larryellison531]

​​@@nguyenconghuy3847 buddy everybody know or think that way but Do these experienced devs will live infinite life or Will they never leave job ? I really agree market will be smaller but there will jobs. On the other hand all of ai replace ideas born in inflation economy what a funny coincident right!! All ceos, managers wake up one day probably after some monthly, weekly financial meeting maybe they figure it out that devs are little bit expensive :)

[@soupcup4069]

​@@nguyenconghuy3847 nope. How are you getting more experienced developers in future for more companies when all juniors change profession

[@jamessullenriot]

Hmmmm .... seems like the same thing they are doing at my company. "Replace" developers, designers, testers, etc with AI ...... but then a few weeks later you get introduced to another developer that resides in India, Philippines, Guatemala, etc. Not saying AI is not making certain roles easier, but my job was never about coding. Coding is the easy part, it's the communication and babysitting that is hard.

[@sunwado]

Fight offshoring

[@judewestburner]

Best comment here.

[@thebra]

Sounds familiar!

[@knowledgeMarvs]

funny thing im from Guatemala XD, but yeah the main reason why they hired people here is cause we are a poor country, so if they offer you 2k a month, you are practically rich here or at least have a good life, hope you people in america stand against the corporations that just look for the profits and not the human talent

[@Jan-gl7mn]

Agree writing code is not a big issue for a experienced dev, the biggest blockers are getting the requirement right and system processes like deployment schedules etc. And I don't think AI could help much with that since it requires communication with other people.

[@bgsmember3650]

I work at a top hospital in the US and using AI for coding is a violation of policy. Cybersecurity is a top concern because the laws protecting patient data are very strict and apparently management doesn’t trust AI for coding.

[@thru_and_thru]

Same for me, I work for a government agency.

[@Texasgirlinacrazyworld]

yeah, not for long, sweetie, this is being pushed, big time...

[@thru_and_thru]

@ Texas…home to some of the lowest intelligence people on the planet. You’re username definitely checks out.

[@eman0828]

It's not really AI tools. It's the use of publicity available AI tools like chat gpt. I work in the Defense industry which prohibits public AI tools that connects to the internet. But AI tools are still used as long as they are created in-house to meet security compliance. Most government agencies and Defense companies build their LLMs in-house.

[@manonamission2000]

@@Texasgirlinacrazyworld "sweetie"?? wrong channel

[@charleshopper4638]

Has anybody actually spent serious time with these AI code 'partners'... well I HAVE, and I'll tell you, they suck a$$. You want to put yourself into a perpetual iterative hell on earth, start a REAL project with an AI coding partner. You will spend 80% of your time working out ways to help the AI over it's insane toolbox of errors. Let's start with 'memory'. It just forgets every 30 min. at best. I call it a 'black out'. What's worse is that the AI doesn't warn you. It just goes off grid for about 10 seconds, comes back and tries to 'Act' like it hasn't forgotten everything you have worked on for the last 30 min. So you build prompts, and config files, and markdown documentation files and readme's and instruction manuals so that when you see the AI blackout, you can direct it to these documents. It comes back and says that it read them, then continues on as though it did not bother and has no idea what you are talking about. You eventually get to the point where the AI is spending 20 min. of it's 30 min memory window re-learning and re-reading the project documentation. Oh, and how about when I tried to just write a small utility and asked AI to help me using python with built in gui, and postgresql. No API, No MVC, No web tech. I mean as simple as it comes. I explicitly told it to NOT USE OOP. let's just have simple functions and pass arguments. really super simple. So, what did my AI partner do, While we were implementing functions and updating the gui code, the AI was re-writing my other functions in the background and converting some of them to classes and methods without me knowing. Didn't even find those errors until hours later when stuff just stopped working. three days just up in smoke. When the AI tries to fix it, since they can't remember for more than 30min. they fake it and just try to rebuild an generic app that does not work. After all of that HELL, they say to you, "oh, you're right, sorry. buy more credits and we'll try again..." You are literally working with a Schizophrenics Maniac with Multiple personality disorder. But hey, they're polite.

[@devsuvara]

Good for bite size work and boiler plate, some good summary updates and good as a reference manual lookup.

[@PeterZemeni]

"oh, you're right, sorry. buy more credits and we'll try again..." i'm dying 🤣thank you!!!

[@toby9999]

I've used it. Not much better than going straight to a programming forum. Mostly bug ridden and incomplete code fragments. And not unexpected given how these AIs work.

[@clololown]

its an excuse to replace US citizens with Indians augmented with AI... they already know AI by itself is useless, but they'll hire Indians for cheaper rates and expect AI to cover the issues that come with hiring Indians

[@npx_riff_lift-g]

Hence why these AI apps will be amazing for bug farming. Either cybersecurity is about to blow up, or apps are about to get eviscerated by hackers. Gonna be funny watching companies scramble.

[@nicosoftnt]

- If I was forced to apply a label, I would say mid-level engineers are basically 99% of us. - There's really no point in categorizing engineers by 3 levels (low, mid, high) because being an engineer is a life-time study, you are not stuck doing something, and you cannot categorize a person like this, you just can't. - Engineers are not known to drop their hands if they have nothing to do, especially if they have a lot of time in their hands. - You wouldn't want to piss off the doctor that was in charge of your health, would you? How about 99% of developers? Developers that are familiar with the kind of infrastructure that is making you money (so far), or even the AI you used to screw them over? I think it's very easy to underestimate people in general... Let's not piss on the community that worked and are still contributing in today's technology, disrespecting their role in our society with threats of their removal... I think it's pretty easy to understand...

[@THEROOT1111]

Disrespecting people and licking their ass is what zuck does best, that's why Donald said out loud that he's about to shove his ass in jail.

[@bubbasanches4591]

There are soooo many developers who will replace anyone who steps out of line. Code developers are a dime a dozen these days.

[@PeterZemeni]

@@bubbasanches4591 quality over quantity!

[@nicosoftnt]

​@@bubbasanches4591 It is orders of magnitude harder to maintain an ecosystem than to disrupt it. With such a vast pool of developers at our disposal, perhaps it's time we take them more seriously and apply respectful management practices. Let's not take morale and loyalty for granted and avoid forcing anyone to step out of line, as you mentioned... In fact, taking professionals seriously and maintaining collective well-being is not that complicated. In contrast, displacing people has often been a trait of failed leadership, and doing so now in an automated manner has no precedent and can be quite unpredictable. I personally believe everything will stabilize in the end, you reap what you sow.

[@nicosoftnt]

@@bubbasanches4591 It is orders of magnitude harder to maintain an ecosystem than to disrupt it. With such a vast pool of developers at our disposal, perhaps it's time we take them more seriously and apply respectful management practices. Let's not take morale and loyalty for granted and avoid forcing anyone to step out of line, as you mentioned... In fact, taking professionals seriously and maintaining collective well-being is not that complicated. In contrast, displacing people has often been a trait of failed leadership, and doing so now in an automated manner has no precedent and can be quite unpredictable. I personally believe everything will stabilize in the end, you reap what you sow, regardless of your position/status.

[@tremblben]

AI won't magically read your mind and build what you want. AI is just a tool that we as developers will need to learn to use. Even if we no longer write any code (which is very far from today).

[@eman0828]

Exactly. It's all talk and a scares tactic.

[@pinbalito6078]

the problem is, with new ai models being released, the CEOs themselves might be able to develop complex software systems, without requiring professional assistance

[@maksymdudyk1718]

Tell AI what you need and it will build it. What is the deal?!

[@eman0828]

@@maksymdudyk1718 Doesn’t work that way. If you don't how to code, how are you expect to bug it?its bad at writing complex software. It sure as hell wouldn't be able to code an operating system from scratch and be functional without any issues. Operating Systems are the most complex software out there that's 10s and millions of lines of code.

[@xolani_mkhwanazi]

the problem is that with these tools being introduced less and less developers will be needed making the market over saturated

[@4sxS307cAW]

Real talk: everyone I know who spends enough time with these AI coding partners says they suck. Only these business types-who either never wrote a single line of code or last coded 30 years ago in their junior days-believe in them. And because they were terrible at coding, they moved to the business side. The limitations are easy to notice: just try writing a mid-level complexity CRUD in some random framework, and boom, you see how much it sucks. Want to amplify the frustration? Try using a new version of any language or framework. After three attempts, you’ll stop using AI because it’s just that bad.

[@hiddenuser-jf5tf]

The problem with freelance work is it will rapidly become a race to the bottom. Rates are already pretty bad compared to a good tech job, and will get much much worse once an entire class of corporate developers will start trying to compete in that space.

[@feralaca123]

specially with PHP

[@manm5302]

Having experienced this kind of bs on upwork and freelancer, I am afraid you are right. Clients want entire websites and apps for $20. If you love programming, you gotta forget about earning decently from it. Make software in different niches and undercut the employers that fired you and the clients that underpaid you. No other way

[@ZAIN9858]

We going in the same circle. Bill Gates told this like 25 years ago "Coding will be dead".

[@Ciro_el_persa]

It's important to note that while AI's role in software engineering is expanding, the collaboration between AI and human engineers is expected to drive innovation and efficiency, rather than lead to widespread job displacement

[@StefanMischook]

Bingo!

[@idislikemyhandle]

Expected. But from my point of view it will decimate all the entry-level jobs, which in turn will result essentionally in 'You need to be Senior level AT FIRST DAY or get lost". Everyone below top 5% could just be out of the door.

[@malcolmn.5222]

So many new apps and projects can be produced faster that will inevitably need support

[@vodrosszabolcs9869]

I think it will have the same effect as CAD had on mechanical engineering jobs Low level jobs disappear while high level jobs get more efficient

[@Cryogenics12]

I think it will mean more coding jobs not less.

[@Kmps2341af]

If ai is capable of replacing mid level engineers in meta then I think these engineers will also be capable of creating lots of meta ,Facebook whatsoever etc..

[@SXsoft99]

no they can't because meta is not just the website

[@matiasalarcon5061]

​@@SXsoft99 Yeah, meta is not the website, is the habit of millions of people to spend their time in their products (instagram, facebook). Skype, MySpace, Yahoo, all of them seemed impossible to take out of the software ecosystem and guess what, they died anyway, why? Because they became shitty/better alternatives appeared. There'll be dozens of new Meta before AI can replace software developers.

[@PeterZemeni]

@@SXsoft99 true it's their monopoly.

[@jaredalbin5658]

I use gpt4o every day as an assistant in developing. Trust me - it’s no where near good enough yet to replace a person yet. It often loses memory, forgets context, changes code - can’t go beyond 150-200 lines of code without lots of mistakes. Developers can use it - but it will have to become much better than it currently is.

[@freeottis]

No one said 4o is replacing developers.

[@leom8605]

@ Are you blind or what ? Zuckerberg is saying that mid level software engineers are getting replaced THIS year , so it has to be 4o or something slightly better than it, surely Open AI won't have time to release any new model that is significantly better than 4o considering that just released it.

[@ibexy]

spot on!

[@NikosKatsikanis]

o1where its at

[@mobilebang646]

Just use Cursor AI agent :)

[@LuisDiaz-vv1ko]

I used to code in Flash and I remember how Steve Jobs killed it announcing html5… back in those days they said Dreamweaver was going to remove the necessity of developers. This is just another cycle of evolution in how we build software. Let’s evolve!

[@danielisaacmiller]

Well, we've seen what a hit Meta has been so . . . . guess we should ignore this, too.

[@Wally-o7o]

Yeah

[@StressedProgrammer]

very based comment sir

[@BizzaroBrainBoi]

yea a 5% job cut says alot too

[@cas818028]

Gonna take off once TikTok is banned

[@BizzaroBrainBoi]

@ if*

[@zx-sy1qh]

Go for it Mark, follow that path and in a few years... you will not Mata !

[@not-a-kitten]

🤣

[@شيماشفتوه-ذ4غ]

😂😂😂

[@amanchoudhury8135]

Noice 😂

[@vazaruspaytonas]

Notice the only ever talk about replacing developers. the rest of the tech jobs never get talked about. I think it is because this is all about cost savings. developers get paid the most. remove them from the equation with cheaper labor physical or virtual. outsourcing 2.0.

[@vg1024]

The first people let go at large tech companies are typically non technical roles, assuming there's no engineer bloat. And no, at large companies managers, marketing, etc can earn comparable salaries. What are you talking about?

[@PeterZemeni]

yeah, and the funny part is, u don't even need to replace them. You just need to "convince" (lie to) the population that u can. So the cost will go down.

[@zoeherriot]

It's 100% about cost savings. Even MS's advertising to fortune 500 companies is based around how much you will save.

[@zoeherriot]

@@vg1024 that is only because previously, you could not easily get rid of non technical roles. That is changing, that is kinda the point.

[@nicolagh1782]

Is that the same guy who claimed to build a metaverse in 2021? so, where's the metaverse? :D

[@StefanMischook]

Good point.

[@PeterZemeni]

404

[@welldiscerned7540]

@@PeterZemeni😂😂😂😂

[@welldiscerned7540]

@@PeterZemenihow about 403

[@PeterZemeni]

@@welldiscerned7540 when he is trying to replace the hard working engineers then he should get a 403 :D

[@judewestburner]

Spreadsheets were going to replace accountants. It's not a new thing when a computer can do something better than a human, it just means the human moves into more value-added work.

[@mobilebang646]

There is alot of setup in speadsheet, before it can replace accountants and spreadsheet cant know things about accounting, AI can.

[@judewestburner]

@mobilebang646 AI doesn't 'know' anything. A spreadsheet doesn't 'know' anything. Just think of it as another automation tool.

[@gamzaify]

True. But now you need less accountants than before thanks to spreadsheets

[@judewestburner]

@@gamzaify are you kidding?!?! You think there's less accountants than 45 years ago???? It just means the workload of each accountant gets more diversified. Instead of crunching numbers they're visiting clients, looking at future opportunities, able to assist people lower on the ladder with support and advice, able to have a larger number of smaller clients etc...

[@DonaldT-s5f]

How stupid has society become? Letting computers tell them what to build, I am starting to hear people calling for AI bosses. If humans let robots and computers take control over everything, eventually the computers eliminate the humans.

[@sandeeptanjore1253]

Exactly! If humans let robots and computers take control over everything then why does the world/universe even need humans? Stop reproducing completely.

[@shtfvan8084]

Top comment

[@mxz2024]

thats stupid too, thinking we get "eliminated"

[@mobilebang646]

omg if cars letting us not to walk what will happend?

[@IgnacioChavez]

its funny how this whole past year has been basically talking about how we can survive as developers.

[@vg1024]

makes for great and KZbin metrics and engagement.

[@carstenaltena]

It makes sense to talk about it, since the whole dev landscape has changed so much thanks to AI.

[@kevinsedwards]

you should have been listening to him a long time ago, I have and I've an a good spot. I'm gonna keep listening more in fact

[@ll18307]

I had an opportunity to work on SEO and SEM back in 2019, I passed the 5 day long research and exam for this company. and then during the onboarding, the CEO told us that that SEO will be gone in 2021 due to AI, so I did not pursued the offer. I know its weird the CEO itself discouraging us. They are no longer in operation a year later, but SEO is still an in demand skill, till now, and I can even see in many job posting that SEO as a must have skill in web development

[@alexzandermanning6094]

Hey Unc! When I first learned to code long ago in the stone ages I followed you here on YT and used to make jokes about ruby . Now ruby pays my bills . Life is full circle .

[@mwesigyenicholas7394]

He makes same jokes on JavaScript but am seeing Js paying for my everything soon ❤

[@NdamuleloNemakh]

What really fascinates me about the 'AI taking all jobs' conversation is how CEOs keep telling us to be scared. But what makes them so confident their markets won’t soon be flooded with competition? So far, AI has mostly been used to build trivial things, which is quite disappointing-but I suspect that’s about to change. What happens when countries launch 10, 100, or more alternatives to something like Uber, KZbin, Airbnb, Google Search etc.? I mean apart from lobbying and a compute head start, I can’t see why these tech bros aren’t terrified. The way I see it, most of them won’t survive the next few years, no? Someone please enlighten me. 🤔

[@tylergeovex1051]

You suspect that's about to change. Why? Why is AI only used to build trivial things? Because that's all it can do right now. If you talk to tech bros in the field, we aren't scared because we can pop open chatgpt at any time and check if it can do our jobs, or even get close. It can't. Most times when I open an ai to write even a small section of code for a problem complex enough that it's worth asking help for, I regret wasting my time. When will someone create youtube with an AI? You can't. It's not good enough. The complexity of a web app like youtube is so far beyond these preschool level sites that content creators are fear mongering with in their 'I built X with ai' videos that I cannot even think of the words to explain it. Now, with that said, will AI replace developers? Yes. But not this iteration of AI. Most people seem to think that we're one or two small iterations from developers being obsolete. That just isn't the case. Once upon a time, most people didn't even have ai on their radar, one day later gpt released and those same people were writing college essays in seconds. It will be like that. A while (likely many years) of nothing, and then all at once, an ai that can build serious mid level applications.

[@gerryramosftw]

eveyone that says AI is taking developer jobs are not active developers. as an active professional developer i would LOVE it if AI can do my job, but i still have a lot of work that i specifically need to do that i cannot rely on chatgpt or claude for it

[@lanceatone]

You would love it, meaning love being out of work?

[@klesk0s]

The only Canadian I regularly watch talking interesting stuff from Germany :D

[@valeriofunk5000]

I run a local llama3.2 model integrated in my nvim environment and i barely use it. It's so frustrating the other day i was lazy and i asked it to fix a file for me (Just to replace some types) but it failed. Then i pointed how to fix it, with line and how to replace it. It failed again. IA is so frustrating i just use it as stack overflow. Suckerborg just turned himself into a bro and cranked up the IA meter to 1000 to please the clueless investors. As a teacher IA is very good but as an agent you should use it with much precaution

[@Nick-vd7cg]

chatgpt cant even fix my python code even explaining where the issue is.

[@HelloThere-xs8ss]

Well when you struggle to write a youtube comment with correct sentence structure, it's not surprising that it struggled to meet your expectations.

[@PeterZemeni]

@@HelloThere-xs8ss not everything is about grammar... just saying.

[@valeriofunk5000]

ntgl i shoul've taken a second look up there.

[@josephkite8617]

Same guy that said Metaverse is the future… Guess we all want to be there when it was built by an AI

[@judewestburner]

Part of my time is developing, maybe 30% of my time if I'm lucky. The other 70% is managing people, dealing with 3rd party providers on every level (contractual, maintenance, integration), helping our internal guys with customer requirements, managing cloud costs, switching tech stacks when sensible...

[@ricardocaballero6357]

So What do I do, keep grinding tryna get into the field or just think of doing something else ? I am a Mechanical Engineer here switching to SWE

[@cintheciege]

I would like to know the answer here.

[@zebduffey5698]

There's not really any field that's safe to be honest. Any degree you can go for will be targeted and drastically overhauled. Head counts reduced, pay reductions, the works. No doubt it's going to be painful but nothing you can do but stay the course and see what happens . Trust me, I've spent 4 years learning full stack, went to 2 schools. Put in hundreds of applications and have never been interviewed

[@ricardocaballero6357]

@@zebduffey5698 thats sad and thats exactly what i dont want for me. It is true most majors are at risk but certainly tech is the one most targeted

[@larslover6559]

Why are you shifiting, bro? you didn't see any opportuniies related to Mechanical engineer?

[@ricardocaballero6357]

@ It is a long long story but yeah there were opportunities in ME actually I worked as a Manufacturing Engineer and did a lot of different interesting things.

[@ghostJammerz]

If government can enforce diversity and gender equality in workplace, I don’t see why they can’t enforce human vs ai ratio policy to keep HUMAN employed

[@UwanaTommy]

I had problem comprehending trading in general. I tried watching other KZbin trading channels, but they made the concepts more complicated. I was almost giving up until when i discovered content and explain everything in detail. The videos are easy to follow

[@ClaraWilson-s3o]

I've been making a lot of looses trying to make profit trading. I thought trading on a demo account is just like trading the real market. Can anyone help me out or at least advise me on what to do?

[@TaxonomyLizr]

Trading on a demo account can definitely feel similar to the real market, but there are some differences. It's important to remember that trading involves risks and it's normal to face looses sometimes. One piece of advice is to start small and gradually increase your investments as you gain more experience and confidence. It might also be helpful to seek guidance from experienced traders or do some research on different trading strategies

[@BoboMilitary]

I will advise you should stop trading on your own if you keep losing

[@BoboMilitary]

If you can, then get a professional to trade for you i think that way your assets are more secure

[@BoboMilitary]

I'd recommend Melanie Lasser her profit is great even when there's a dip

[@acepmon]

Even if AI can't fully replace developers, it will still have impacts such as. - Lowering the developer salary - Lowering source code value - Negotiation leverage heavily leaning to big tech comp - Reducing the demand for entry-level developers while increasing competition for advanced roles - Encouraging active developers to achieve more with fewer resources - Market dominance by few companies controlling AI tools or models

[@patryk9806]

yep, I would also add decreasing job satisfaction to it.

[@gazoonman]

That's what scares me, AI won't replace us but it will devalue us

[@Sibeliu]

last point: Open source models are atm not so far behind state-of-the-art models. It`s hard for me to imagine a world where we have highly sophisticated models, or so-called AGI, but no comparable open source model.

[@rtpHarry]

They must have some amazing ai in their labs then. I love ai but it can only move in tiny steps that need to be refined multiple times. As soon as you give it a bigger brief, sure, it will have a crack at it, but the time required to review it grows wildly. It can take days and weeks to onboard somebody to a codebase, and that's when you know you are working with code that's fit for purpose. If you let a big query or agents go at it then you are reading the code to check for bugs but also attempting to review the code architecture and make sure that it's actually a sensible structure and even doing what you wanted. It quickly becomes too much to fit in your head. And also when you want to build an app bigger than one query you have to do the architecture and try slot it into the existing structure. No, i cant see it working. Its just a way for us to mostly write the logic using natural language, not replace us.

[@KennTollens]

What I get annoyed about is that all the other professions get paid, but people expect your hard work to make the software, that the software should just be free.

[@Jan-gl7mn]

I think AI is more likely to replace product managers, and make devs take more product management responsibilities, since you need someone that knows how to code to review AI generated code, or tell AI to refine it and product managers that don't code won't be able to do it.

[@zoeherriot]

I actually received an internal news article at the company I work at (15,000 plus, in the games industry) - and they were talking about the investigatory work they had been doing on AI. And this was exactly the future they envisage. Sounds freaking awful. Basically the line was - "We can reduce the amount of difficult and challenging technical work you have to do, so you can concentrate on the product". Problem is - I don't give a crap about the product, it's the challenging and technical work that is interesting and fun.

[@vg1024]

Elon loves layoffs. Imagine fighting for a job at X.

[@isuckatthisgame]

i don't understand this replacement topic, given that chatgpt isn't automated. that thing doesn't run itself and think on its own. rather, you need to prompt it. it ain't no replacing anybody if it's like that.

[@guilherme5094]

You are absolutely right.

[@ketimcoder]

Google "Devin"

[@skanthaadsigns]

Time for Debelopers to create AI to replace, CEOs, Shareholders & Senior Managers

[@patryk9806]

Those little things you do like switching between cameras, cleaning the camera lens, manually zooming in, etc., have some asmr video vibes and make it even more entertaining to watch 👌

[@aleksdeveloper698]

Absolutely love your channel. I worked as a developer for companies then i transitioned as a freelancer because i got paid more and i could take control of my code. I hired interns, trained them for free for 3 months. I have to say freelancers moving to a fully grown business will be the richest and open doors of possibility. Btw i work with nextjs currently, still looking for a js/react intern.

[@arjun220]

If there is one job AI could replace any moment now it's the CEOs like Zuckerberg.

[@aatifrehman4150]

Not really ai can't provide innovative vision and direction but definitely can replace low and mid tier jobs

[@YeetYeetYe]

Uncle Steph!! Not trying to call you out, but weren't you saying last year that no developers are going to be replaced by AI? What changed your mind so quickly?

[@takenow2550]

he don't know real understanding of coding

[@gabe9074]

You are the man stefan. Ive been listening watching your content when i first started programming and not knowing anything to having pretty successful software development company. Keep up the good work!

[@StefanMischook]

Appreciate that!

[@StefanMischook]

Congratulations!

[@brianTJackson1]

Telling a SWE to build wordpress sites is like telling a civil engineer to go into property management.

[@jonasRaymondl]

Stefan mischook 2024 : AI wont replace devs Stefan 2025 : AI replaced devs but not wordpress freelancers stefan 2026 : AI replaced wordpress freelancers but it cant replace plumbers

[@jasonwelsh417]

He doesn't offer Plumbing courses so he won't say that last one. He still needs to sell his courses.

[@chalkfarm11]

Dude you're spot on. I distinctly remember him saying there was no worry, he's seen it before, etc. And now it's just "the devs that will be replaced FIRST".

[@jonasRaymondl]

@ give it a year or so after total replacement , he will start advocatin' for plumbing and say "I have been in the plumbin industry for 3 decades now buy my courses"

[@charanwebdevk6362]

I heard him say that, now I am eager to listen what he was about to say.

[@Barry_disgruntled]

You lot are all clutching at straws here lol. I've watched this guy's videos and I do not recall him talking in extremes like that. No sane individual will say with 100 percent certainty that disruptions can never happen OR, on the contrary, that everyone is going to lose their jobs. What he has always maintained is that there will be tweaks and changes to roles whilst there still being a demand for good software developers who are aware of changes in the industry and can adapt/pivot. Even if AI did not exist, those who stay irrelevant and unwilling to change or learn new things were anyways going to get weeded away.

[@Orderoll]

Saying that AI will take programmers' jobs is like saying the printing press would take writers' jobs.

[@JC-ov8ko]

Hi Steph. Thanks for the info, subscribed!

[@sebastianvillarsegura6682]

I used to be afraid of these kinds of things. I’m sure they will replace programmers with AI, but everything will eventually collapse!

[@falkensmaize]

Mark Zuckerberg may be right, or may be wrong. But there is a huge market incentive for him to say this. That’s because it’s a signal to investors that he will be able to cut costs enormously in the future and Facebook and the other Meta companies will be much more profitable. So I think it’s worth keeping that in mind when people like him make statements like this. They may have ulterior motives, and have very good reasons to overstate the capabilities of AI.

[@StefanMischook]

Yep.

[@thecoderfromabove4176]

in 2000 we were supposed to walk the earth with Aliens, no more cars needed, we were supposed to create Human like Irobot. Am still waiting...

[@kareemsakr41]

I dunno stef, where are all these wordpress gigs you're talking about? More than 50% of my friends and community are developers or in the tech industry and I have personally NEVER heard them talk about any wordpress projects making them real money. I also live in downtown Toronto if that matters, I really don't know where to find all this work you're constantly mentioning

[@jesustarsia6994]

Do you believe this non-coder youtuber?

[@neugey]

Keep receipts when Zuck and others say these things. If an AI model creates its first major vulnerability or outage (like the Crowdstrike one), there will be a lot of backpedaling and revisionist history.

[@javadeveloper9442]

I am researcher and developer most of my work is on algorithms and data structures and gpt couldn’t come up with ideas I come up with. For sample, I used loss aversion as new ranking nodes analysis operates on attack graph. And gpt couldn’t come up with my idea even when I told it to use lose aversion on attack graph

[@richardnorth1881]

Up until not too long ago, dev forums and subreddits would always say "programmers will be the last job to be automated". now programmers are virtually first in line to lose their jobs to automation an ai

[@pyakz6474]

Funny thing is Developers are heavy users of AI today 😂

[@takenow2550]

you should not open the secret

[@kevinsedwards]

I couldn't find a pair of socks without AI these days

[@WarnerMDigital]

While the industry has undeniably evolved, there is still a thriving market for tailored solutions for small businesses, startups, and niche markets. Not every company needs a full-scale enterprise solution or a team of developers to achieve their goals. Many small businesses, for instance, still rely on affordable, custom websites to establish an online presence. Furthermore, the rise of no-code and low-code platforms has empowered individuals to create scalable applications without needing a traditional CS degree. These tools have democratized the industry and allowed people to deliver value without the massive overhead of enterprise-level programming. The demand for web solutions now lies in adaptability, creativity, and understanding specific client needs-not necessarily in just knowing the latest frameworks or languages. The playing field has shifted, but opportunities remain abundant for those willing to adapt and innovate.

[@Helikzhan-s7p]

Trend I've noticed of recent years is the hard press to only hire full stack developers. You're more immune to this thing than people who only know web, or api, or data. It is more demanding but as a full stack + automation guy for almost 20 years I have no fear of this. If anything they will lean on me to make it happen for them. That is if I'm not making my own software with AI before that point.

[@michaelkostov7675]

The really funny thing is that when AI reaches the point where it can replace your developers, it will be also capable of replacing you and your product that you're selling. There is simply no case scenario where you could continue selling a product that can be built by an AI while anyone in the world with access to AI can also build the same maybe even better product.

[@FocusDoctor]

Can't get replaced if you could never land a coding job to begin with.

[@ksbs2036]

In the 1990s and 2000s there was a huge push to outsource all code development to lower cost centres such as India, Pakistan, and Latin America (from North America). No artificial intelligence here, just real actual breathing intelligence. The transition never really worked and very little money was saved. What it did do was keep the workforce off balance and worried about their jobs. People who are worried about their jobs are reluctant to hop between positions to advance, and they are reluctant to ask for better remuneration lest it leads to being put on a list. So I guess there was some corporate savings in continually threatening to move development off-shore. Now it is A.I. proponents loudly trumpeting the supposed precariousness of professional software development. I can't imagine the motivation behind these pronouncements of unstoppable AI takeover /s

[@danield.7359]

Uncle Steph, that's an excellent video! Yes, and I was one of the VB6 coders back then... And I 'm also lived through the Java Applet era (waiting minutes for it be loaded via 34kBaud modem). Still coding today, and fully embraced AI. Never enjoyed coding more than now! Will join your SaaS/Business channel.

[@rafaeljmatos]

Ty uncle ... for all your shared knowledge. You' re helping a lot !!!

[@gflorin7761]

useful in to keeping devs shy about asking for raise

[@SteveAnthonyart]

AI can’t even fill a glass of wine

[@EnisRetkoceri]

Always appreciate your take Stef! And what’s your take on web and product design in general? As a designer I’ve noticed it’s still very subjective, especially when companies wanna stand out with their branding as they usually lean towards custom stuff, whether it’s design systems, UX flows, motion, and website obviously - even though this whole thing could be built on top of certain libraries to make things easier. So, I’m curious how do you feel about AI getting involved in all this?

[@StefanMischook]

@@EnisRetkoceri Ai will speed up the process, as do templates, as do libraries. I see Ai as an assistant.

[@immaemme]

Can you suggest any course or something to learn more about working with AI for developers? Thanks

[@StefanMischook]

I would just jump in. Start with GPT, integrate Ai in code completion … take it from there.

[@immaemme]

@@StefanMischook Thanks for your answer!

[@Joshua.Developer]

Why would we not replace a CEO first

[@junicornplays980]

They should have gotten rid of him a long time ago. He is slowly killing Facebook and Instagram and he doesn't even realize it.

[@Joshua.Developer]

@junicornplays980 he does but also they sell nothing. It's a ad company that hires nerds. The rift is the only thing they actually sell. If AI will do all he says why should anyone look to work for them. Gen alpha will think it's crazy that we looked so hard for jobs instead of just using a AI getting some skilled friends together and starting something

[@WiseApe9]

Thanks for the vid

[@LucasBlock]

He actually said "sort of middle level Software Engineers" and he didn't say anything about replacement. But idk, I think humans have to review the code written by AI at least

[@StefanMischook]

They absolutely do. This I have seen.

[@LucasBlock]

@@StefanMischook code review?

[@StefanMischook]

@@LucasBlock yes. I’ve played around with Ai code generation and you have to double check everything. It’s still super useful.

[@eman0828]

Yes a lot people take things out of content or blown out of proportion. That is the reason why there is so much misinformation out there. AI has its limitations. It's nothing more than just a peice of software. Some one has to debug all the issues. Computers relies on code to operate, otherwise they can't do anything without an operating system. That's just how CPUs works.

[@gustavocvieira8584]

I would be more worried about being replaced by indian immigrants if I were you

[@laserliftproductions6544]

I like they should tax the hell out of meta and other companies for having all this revenue but not creating jobs. They will never happen but you can wish

[@WillyFunkyFunk]

The real irony is once developers are replaced there won’t be anyone to watch KZbin videos of tech influencer’s 😢

[@Yoe_brr]

Highlights 0:00 Introduction by Uncle Steph discussing Zuckerberg's predictions about AI replacing mid-level developers. 0:17 Zuckerberg mentions plans for AI advancements by 2025 specifically targeting coding roles. 0:41 Discussion about the high costs associated with developing robust AI systems currently. 1:30 Uncle Steph highlights which types of developer roles are at risk from AI replacement (e.g., algorithm and data structure specialists). 2:10 Safe roles discussed include freelancers who possess a broader range of skills necessary for varied client needs. 4:14 Practical examples provided on how freelance work requires diverse capabilities beyond just coding (e.g., SEO strategy). 6:21 Emphasis on the shifting landscape in tech development and historical context regarding job changes over decades. 6:51 Encouragement to embrace emerging technologies like AI instead of fearing them; adapt skill sets accordingly. 7:40 Mentioning legacy technologies still requiring human oversight despite advances in automation through AI tools.

[@MrArtist1971]

As always, you're the best. Thanks Stef.

[@yasmelfl5146]

Hello Stephan from Morocco, actually big companies are hiring developers to train Ai, it is weired that developers are helping Ai remove them in the future 😂

[@SumanModak320]

Nothing can replace developers.. period

[@dumolwenkosigwetu6943]

Thank you for sharing sir. I greatly appreciate it.

[@StefenTower]

So this means Meta properties will be falling apart in 2025. Another reason to leave them.

[@DePistolero]

I think AI still struggles A LOT outputting whole full stack applications, we are not far from there but not yet there... it takes carefull prompting, nudging and understanding of the whole thing in order to get success out of ai at this point...

[@caoinismyname]

Alright, let's replace guitarists with guitar, too!

[@webeducation]

Real reason is its much cheaper to send these jobs overseas. But they need a good reason inorder to save face and not get negative publicity.

[@владимирсенцов-р1ю]

Usually using AI for coding something like a using a template engine. It improves your performance but not fully replaces your job.

[@rirelaughplus]

I think we should consider investing in data storage companies and microprocessor manufacturers. The world belongs to these people.

[@neptoniqcreations]

I find it useful as a tool, but honestly, when the codebase gets a little more involved beyond simplicity, the ai finds it difficult to hold everything within context. I notice this for Android development with Kotlin and web development with Next.js. I've seen what people with no-code skills showcase, and though I am really liking the AI myself as a tool, the things I see people without experience generate...most of it looks terrible and there's not much dynamics going on. I know that the capabilities could be developed, but i think it requires strides with the memory and context capabilities, because things beyond a todo app or a landing page seems to be problematic for the ai from what I've seen. It is useful for generating pieces and portions of components, and often times entire small components or small files for state-context being pieced together by myself though. I don't think the ai has the short-term-memory as of now to do very much beyond imitating and copying what someone else did. When I'm pushing the limits of normal features far beyond a todo app, it starts getting major bugs.

[@serj-kx7sp]

The idea that wordpress developers are somehow safer is deeply unserious. Small companies that usually work with freelancers are not morally superior in any way, they will cut costs as soon as there is a such an opportunity. Yes, freelancers might have more developed soft skills, but if that won't matter

[@maximpushkarev124]

as a software engineer with 12 years of experience i can confirm that it's over for us. yes i realize that my career is coming to the end. no future at all except for those (~0.001% of developers) who has a strong AI-focused skillset (ML basically). it's time to think how to swtich career to other scope that is not affected by AI

[@fytubevw]

True story: it took about 3 weeks time to have 1 flag (boolean) ie. one bit - be transmitted throughout a legacy system, that had a ton of stuff, encoding, representation, not much documentation and a new SW developer working on it. What I think is the most salient feature that could be useful for all of developers and product people, is the rather simple rinse-and-repeat process of cutting out bloat stuff. Simplifying, helping devs abstracting things in a clean manner. While keeping the smoke-testing running. So a kind of bonzai method, it's not probably super fast at first, or may have a bit of a curve to it. But truth to be told: many systems suffer from clog of too many interconnections that are difficult to map out.

[@oz_369]

I didn't quite understand your statement. So is it worth learning Wordpress if you can combine it with AI technology or do you think that Wordpress would be the wrong choice because of AI.

[@m-ok-6379]

AI will be able to replace a lot of developers because let's be honest most of the things we are developing have been developed by many other developers.

[@chottopakhi]

What about in embedded sector who works with C++ and C, also maintaining multithreading?

[@JDMorris81]

Glad I made the switch from dev to Linux Admin/DevOps. The level of human oversight and decision-making involved will keep these roles AI-proof for a long time to come.

[@AndrewGrinchak]

If you think developers are all about coding - think again...

[@jorge1869]

The truth sometimes hurts, but it is the truth.

[@JohnBaptist-o2f]

i've been a software developer for over 20 years and i know we all go for the latest and greatest but when i see an AI job opportunity paying $300k i just delete it. No amount of money will get me to contribute to something that i strongly disagree with and kill the livelihood of software devs...its a war of attrition and the end is a brick wall. Yeah, yeah i know about the "get with the times" argument...but every man has his limit and i will leave that to others.

[@thiabara7242]

uncle stef, talk about deepseek next 😆🎉

[@Victor.C01]

Most definitely agree %100. I own a small business, and I have developed software for restaurants and other businesses. It does feel like shift and we do have to adapt to the AI. I'm learning AI to implement my new software's development now. Love your videos. Thanks so much sir for the tips and your advice over the years. I will be joining your newsletter

[@introvertwhiz-ll2ip]

But uncle stefan we need DSA. I am a backend engineer. Basic knowledge of DSA is bit important. I love spending time on leet code now and then.

[@tonymudau3005]

Theres a difference between a website and a piece of software.... when building a piece of software you really need to have context of the business case. Slowly AI will be able to develop solutions for complex business cases .. so most developers will transition to businessmen

[@rafageist]

As long as computers remain programmable, programmers will continue to exist.