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The impact of AI<\/a> on software engineers is impossible to deny. Perhaps more than any other industry, software has been entirely transformed by this new technology and the future of software will never be the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But will AI replace software engineers entirely? We don\u2019t think so and today we\u2019d like to break down three reasons why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. AI Can Code But it Can\u2019t Design<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s be clear about one thing right out the gate. AI is good at coding. In fact it\u2019s better at coding than it is at just about anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason for this is that AI tends to produce very predictable text, following common patterns in language use. This is a problem for writing but it\u2019s exactly what you want from a piece of code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good code is predictable. Naming conventions should always match. The structure should be standardised. Anything not immediately intuitive should be carefully marked out with comments. All of which AI is naturally good at.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there\u2019s one major problem with AI code. AI lacks context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, software engineers spend a lot of time thinking about user experience and interface (UX\/UI). This part of the design process is all about giving the user an intuitive experience. There are many principles that go into UX\/UI but at its core, you need to be familiar with what it\u2019s like to use software. Put simply you need to know where to put which buttons so that users will find the tools they\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI doesn\u2019t have that. It\u2019s never been a person. There are just too many micro-interactions involved for an AI model to design well. At best it can copy and learn from other designs but that can only get you so far. Good UI\/UX is very tailored to the application in question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it\u2019s not just the user-side either. AI often lacks context about how\/why you might want to extend your software. It will make assumptions about the way modules fit together that aren\u2019t always true. It\u2019s excellent at a lot of the micro-stuff but, left to its own devices, AI just isn\u2019t very good at assembling the macro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Someone Needs to Overview AI Code<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

And it\u2019s not just about the design side of things either. Even the tasks AI is good at like writing boilerplate code and coming up with naming conventions, ultimately require some human oversight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you look at the impact AI has had on software engineering jobs up until now, it should come as no surprise that it\u2019s the juniors who are getting replaced while the seniors are expected to do more work in fewer hours. This is because there still needs to be someone to approve and sign their name to the work, even if that work was done\/assisted by an AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this to change there would need to be a cultural shift as well as a technological one. As it stands, people don\u2019t fully trust AI work. AI is known to make mistakes and, unlike a human, it\u2019s not going to spot and correct its mistakes. Where a human programmer might take a step back and question their own decisions, an AI model will just plough ahead, bolting on solutions and building an incredibly messy codebase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So while the future of software engineering jobs might be a smaller market, there will always be demand for people who know how to program and can oversee an application through development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. There\u2019s Always More to Do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s worth noting that no application is ever truly complete. Making software is a constant balance of building new features while maintaining and bug fixing old ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the one hand, the more users you have, the more likely it is that you\u2019ll encounter an edge case bug. On the other, even if your app is entirely bug free – which is very unlikely to happen – it won\u2019t stay that way forever. Software is always built on other software, on packages and operating systems and a vast network of code that you\u2019ll never touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of that software is itself constantly being updated. New Windows update? Get ready to fix some bugs? Need to update to a new python library? More bugs incoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So with all that in mind, someone will always have the job of working out what\u2019s gone wrong and how to fix it. Even if AI sped up the work tenfold, developers would never run out of tickets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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