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Why is everyone trying to replace Software Engineers?

At this point it is safe to say that software engineers are not in any immediate danger of being replaced by AI. So why do people keep trying to do just that?

While large language models (LLMs) have shown in recent years to be surprisingly adept at generating code, as soon as they encounter a problem that does not look like anything in their training set they are pretty much entirely useless. They do not get to hear the analysis of the problem, the discussions around the suggested solutions or strategies for migration and release, they just see the cryptic drawings on the white board afterwards. The current AI hype might not actually pose a real threat to engineers but the fact that most of our colleagues do not understand the value that we bring is a serious problem that we need to address.

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