Computer Programmers

70% (High Risk)

High Risk (61-80%): Jobs in this category face a significant threat from automation, as many of their tasks can be easily automated using current or near-future technologies.

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Wages

Very high paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Computer Programmers' was $99,700, or $47 per hour

'Computer Programmers' were paid 107.4% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

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darkmewtwo (Low) 2 days ago

Ask an ai to simplify code. It will not work

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Wes (No chance) 8 days ago

You still need someone to understand every line of code the AI produces. Although AI is decent at programming now, I am certain that we will always need a human to write code to some degree.

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` (Uncertain) 1 month ago

I think that while there is a high chance that AI will be used to automate the creation of basic code, AI will always make mistakes that have to be corrected by humans who know what they're doing, and I don't think AI will replace programmers in the next ~20 years because of the need for complex and intricate code used in projects such as game engines.

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Guy (Highly likely) 1 month ago

Already starting, automation has begun being used for coding in many places.

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Luke 12 days ago

Often incorrect and needs fixing though, at least from my experience.

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Caro (Low) 2 months ago

There will probably be many bugs (Like how Ai has trouble with fingers), so no matter what, the job will be necessary.

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Aiden (Moderate) 2 months ago

bc like it might but prob not and like it will always be important to have human programmers because if ai ever become sentient and gain their own objectives, they will have all the power in the world if they're the only ones that know how to run our code and stuff like that so yea it would be dangerous to give that much power away to them

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Mistral Claude 4 months ago

Here is the thing my dudes. As professional programer (30 years on the job, so of that thing even replaces out job, I will surely be retired already anyway) I tried chatgpt, copilot, Claude and even Mistral for coding. They are all pretty darn helpful to code on nephew level...you know, that terrible code we got from a 3rd party to maintain? Yeah. It goes great on that level. It's also great to do start level stuff that has been done 1000s of times. Try doing something new though, or some actual logic, and they fail, always. And never even realize they are failing. The reason is pretty simple. what we have (the llms) are not real AIs. When (if) we have a real AI, then, the moment a computer can replicate human level programming, is also the moment the computer can code another AI doesn't it? What would happen if it can code a AI better than itself?

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Jose 2 months ago

Some of the best programmers in the world are working daily to help improve ChatGTP and other models. The capabilities are quickly increasing and given some time they will be better than most programmers. So yes some very good programmers will have a job, but most will not be needed. You wrote the comment 2 months ago, there is now a new model which you thought was not possible 2 months ago. What will happen in another 2 months, or 2 years?

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Ritchie Duncan (Highly likely) 4 months ago

AI suites such as ChatGPT etc have the ability to code functions in a variety of languages and for various platforms. A simple description of the function to be created, along with the system, such as Visual Studio, Unity etc allows the code to be copied and pasted into the code base.
Arguably within the next 10 years, programmers, in the form we know them now, will be obsolete.

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Socks 4 months ago

Until AI programs can always fix everything in e.g. app that is being made as well as in themselves they will be just a tool for already competent programmer that has to understand most details anyway.

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s (Low) 4 months ago

it wouldn't be completely automated, but a lot of lower level - intermediate programming will probably be automated.

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I know jobs (Moderate) 4 months ago

It is pretty easy to program but a computer can´t code a computer

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Anonymous (Low) 5 months ago

Their code is efficient but they can’t replicate originality

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John (Highly likely) 5 months ago

I've never programmed a day in my life but not only was I able to program a working game but also a point of sales program for a business by telling AI exactly what I needed and it made changes to each program...

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skibidi (Highly likely) 5 months ago

AI can already write code pretty well, so in 20 years it's highly likely it will be automated

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Anon (Moderate) 5 months ago

There's a lot of coding done by AI already. Eventually, there will be a job that just runs these AIs who write code.

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ooga 5 months ago

Small chance that they'll take over our jobs, computers can't really figure out basic principles of codes, let alone thousands of lines of code (I tried this, didn't work)

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mgyt (Uncertain) 5 months ago

Because AI's are being overtrained. If you try to make an entire program only using AI, you just can't. And they will have a lot of vulnerabilities

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Osman (Moderate) 5 months ago

Programming will always require human intervention, it can not be all controlled by AI

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idk (Moderate) 5 months ago

while automation basically runs on programming, and it would be logical to think programming would be automated easily with ai, programming takes creativity, and out of the box thinking, which automation cant replicate. i think it would still be possible to be automated, but there will always be a place for programmers. no matter what.

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Nipple (Uncertain) 5 months ago

Even though AI is already capable at making basic code/scripts (After a few tries to tweak flaws), it probably won't be able to automate advance aspects of computer programming unless the necessary improvements are made regarding accurate generation as well as more source code to gather information from. In short, it can make games like Snake, Minesweeper and Tetris, but it won't be able to make games like Minecraft, Call of Duty, Fortnite and others that require very complex scripts/code and the human brain to be able to have the creativity AND the power to use it when making those games. Computer Programmers aren't exactly 'save' but it is hard to completely automate...


At least not in 20 years.

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Hamood (No chance) 5 months ago

Because we are the ones who will create ai if ai is able to create programs it can create multiple versions of itself thus breaking the ai rule that it must obey and follow all humans

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