AI Skills Replace Coding: Sam Altman Predicts Fewer Software Engineers

Remember when everyone said coding was the future? Turns out, the future might be changing faster than we thought.

Sam Altman, the head honcho at OpenAI (the folks behind ChatGPT), dropped a bit of a bomb recently. He thinks knowing how to *use* AI is becoming more important than knowing how to code.

Think AI, Not Just Code

Altman isn’t the only one thinking this way. Other big names in tech are seeing the same shift. The CEO of Anthropic thinks AI will be writing *all* the code within a year. Seriously.

Even Mark Zuckerberg is getting in on the action. Meta is building AI to write code for their apps. It’s a big deal.

What Does This Mean for Your Career?

What’s the takeaway? Altman believes mastering AI tools is the “new version” of coding. He even estimates that AI is already writing more than half of all code. Whoa.

He told Stratechery, “I think in many companies, it’s probably past 50% now. ”

Fewer Coders? Maybe. Not Yet.

Will companies stop hiring software engineers altogether? Not quite yet. Altman says engineers will be able to do “much, much more” with AI’s help. But down the road? He admits we might need fewer of them.

It’s like this: a construction worker with a bulldozer can do way more than one with just a shovel. But eventually, you might not need as many workers on the site.

The Future is Now

The message is clear. AI is changing everything. Learning to use these tools is no longer optional. It’s essential.

What do you think? Is coding about to become a thing of the past? Or will it evolve alongside AI?