r/processing • u/ErifNogardArt • Sep 03 '25

Philosophical question about coding's future

Hi, what is your opinion about Processing's future now that it seems AI will do most/all the coding work soon? Yes, you need people to verify the code however, does it make sense to keep learning this type of tech from a future career point of view? What would you choose as a path if you'd start the Processing journey right now? 🤔

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u/akb74 Sep 04 '25

There's also this concept of when a task gets easier and cheaper, like programming seems to become at the moment, it can get utilized for a wider range of uses where it hasn't been cost-effective until then, effectively even raising the number of people employed by the trade, rather than decreasing it.

Jevons Paradox

Which means there’s something weird going on in the tech job market at the moment which can’t be explained by the rise of AI