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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A programmer with an AI tool is akin to a carpenter working with power tools - they are more efficient and can produce value at a higher rate, translating into higher productivity.

Typically, higher productivity encourages more investment, and more creation.

In other words, programmers will remain, but they will accomplish far more.

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I disagree. I have been a programmer for 30 years, taught at two different  t20 CS depts……now consulting with one of the big 3….
I’m 100% certain that once we reach AGI there wont be a need for programmers. It is that simple. 
Young CS graduates will NOT have jobs for them 5 yrs from now. They wont get the experience they need to be able to oversee an AGI programmer.

95% of CS jobs will be eliminated in less than 7 years. You car take picture of this post….then lets discuss this again in 5 years so I can tell you “I told you so”…..[/quote]

Wrong.

A CS degree is more than coding.[/quote]

Sorry bud…you dont need to teach me what a CS degree is…..been teaching at some of the TOP CS depts for years….
Of course it is more than coding. But it doesnt change the fact that once we reach AGI, there wont be a need for an INEXPERIENCED CS graduate….those jobs will be gone whether you like it or not. The transition will be hard. It will start with the kids right out of college first and with time, even guys in my position will be obsolete. 
But go head and put your head in the sand as you send your kids to study CS…..let’s have this conversation again in 2030….[/quote]

Husband has had his own tech business and worked for Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. Disagrees with you. Thinks AI is overblown. But anyway considering that AI could theoretically do the majority of white collar jobs, why not have a degree working with it? Our kid is already in her CS program. But that’s just undergrad. [b]She doesn’t have to become a programmer. Even if she stays in the tech field, there are lots of other tech related jobs where programming knowledge is useful but not used all the time. [/b]

As a former high school teacher, god knows I’d never want her to do that. My father is a retired doctor and didn’t encourage her to go into medicine.

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There are a multitude of tech related jobs out there for CS majors.

Because of AI, a CS major is bad but one should major in all of these fluffy humanities majors instead? But STILL have a CS background or minor?

Yeah, right.

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