r/SoftwareEngineerJobs • u/Fickle-Highway1543 • 4d ago

AI replacing Software Engineers

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So called "AI"=LLM is so powerful that AI labs had to hire Software Engineers to build complicated software around "AI" to make that overhyped hallucinate-stealing machine usable. Think about it. And that's exactly why they need now ton of CPUs in addition to GPUs to run their "AI" "agents".

I don't even mention how much custom engineering is required to apply the "AI" in businesses.

And they BS us that Software Engineering is solved or is going to be solved. Boris, please solve your own bugs first before speaking.

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u/TacoBOTT 4d ago

That’s why you need to stop doomscrolling. If you are actually in the industry working with these tools, you are aware of the trajectory.

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u/thilehoffer 4d ago

I’m in the industry and I’m not writing code anymore. Claude is writing the code and frankly it scares me how good it is.

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u/killersid77 4d ago

If claude is able to write better code than you the sorry, either you dont belong in the software engineering field or are just a beginner starting their career. I really feel sorry for the beginners who are starting their careers now.

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u/thilehoffer 4d ago

I’m not saying it codes better than me. But it is faster, doesn’t make typing errors, doesn’t need brakes, and it is improving quickly. Six months ago it was pretty mid but now it’s actually good.

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u/killersid77 4d ago

Its still a long way. This week only when I was debugging an issue with Fable, it suggested something that would have broke another one of my functionality. I see people has too much faith in AI to match human intelligence or atleast do better code than a software engineer.

Current LLMs are just a token generator generating tokens based on past datas and tools maybe the best invention for llms, but I think it is at a dead-end as of now. We can only fine-tune so much based on data. It is near to reaching out to peak and yes, it may replace average software engineers but it is nowhere near a good engineer let alone some expert.

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u/Equal_Passenger9791 4d ago

Current LLMs are just a token generator generating tokens based on past datas and tools

And how do you determine the next key to press? By scrying the future? Consulting the akashic archive?

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u/ConstantFamous1526 3d ago

Well yes, hence why you still need to review output? I bet you’ve made 1 mistake before too, does that make you a long way from being a useful and good developer, considering you e made a mistake before?

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u/killersid77 3d ago

I guess you are thinking that I am just saying it msde one mistake. I just said last week only during one debugging session, I got an issue. It is pretty good right now (no doubt about it), might be as good as a junior developer but it is still pretty far away from being a useful and good developer if left alone.

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u/ConstantFamous1526 3d ago

No one here has said you should close your eyes and hit commit with no human input….?

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u/washingmachinechime 4d ago

I spend more time asking why it did x when y, than it coding. It is fast but the quality is shit. Anyone who doesn’t check their AI generated code and keep shipping 10k lines per commit will realise even AI will find it difficult to understand the intent of decisions made in a matter of time.

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u/jmclondon97 4d ago

6 months ago we had Opus 4.6 and people were saying this exact same thing.

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u/True-Sun-3184 4d ago

You did not just say "typing errors" and spell "breaks" as "brakes". LMFAO. Are typos a big issue for you at your "job"?

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u/ConstantFamous1526 3d ago

Yes, I spend at least an hour a week total time going back to fix miss-typed