Probably because the author's main focus was about potential change in working conditions and not the veracity of the AI hype. But disappointing nonetheless.
To be clear, I'm sure some critical software engineering jobs will be replaced by AI though. Just not in the way that zealots want us to think. From the looks of it right now, AI is far from replacing software engineers in terms of competence. The utter incompetence was in full public display just last week [1]. But none of that will matter to greedy corporate executives, who will prioritize short-term cost savings. They will hop from company to company, personally reaping the benefits while undermining essential systems that users and society rely on with AI slop. That's part of the reason why the C-suites are overhyping the technology. After all, no rich executive has faced consequences for behaving this way.
To be clear, I'm sure some critical software engineering jobs will be replaced by AI though. Just not in the way that zealots want us to think. From the looks of it right now, AI is far from replacing software engineers in terms of competence. The utter incompetence was in full public display just last week [1]. But none of that will matter to greedy corporate executives, who will prioritize short-term cost savings. They will hop from company to company, personally reaping the benefits while undermining essential systems that users and society rely on with AI slop. That's part of the reason why the C-suites are overhyping the technology. After all, no rich executive has faced consequences for behaving this way.
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44050152