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385 Will AI Bring 'the End of Computer Programming As We Know It'?

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 03/14/2026 23:34 EDT

Will AI Bring 'the End of Computer Programming As We Know It'?

Long-time tech journalist Clive Thompson interviewed over 70 software developers at Google, Amazon, Microsoft and start-ups for a new article on AI-assisted programming. It's title?


"Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It."


Published in the prestigious New York Times Magazine, the article even cites long-time programming guru Kent Beck saying LLMs got him going again and he's now finishing more projects than ever, calling AI's unpredictability "addictive, in a slot-machine.

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