There will be no Programmers in 5 years

AI will take your job and you’re not ready.

Przemek Chojecki
2 min readDec 15, 2023

This is a prediction by Emad Mostaque, Stability AI CEO, and moreover he claims that already 41% of code on Github is AI-generated.

Though that seems very high, AI code has already a strong presence and I’m using myself various LLMs to boost my coding skills.

There will be no Programmers in 5 years

But he might be right: the job of a programmer will never be the same. Github Copilot is already a standard tool, and just this month Google announced its own version called Duet AI. Jet Brains also came with its own AI-powered IDE.

The bold prediction by Emad Mostaque, CEO of Stability AI, that there will be no human programmers in five years has sparked considerable debate and discussion in the tech community. This provocative statement is based on the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in the field of generative AI systems like ChatGPT.

Mostaque’s argument hinges on the transformative potential of AI in the programming domain. He cites data from GitHub indicating that a significant portion of the code (41%) on the platform is AI-generated, underscoring the growing influence of AI in coding​​​​. This claim points to a future where AI could potentially automate many programming tasks, potentially reshaping the role of…

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Przemek Chojecki
Przemek Chojecki

Written by Przemek Chojecki

AI & crypto, PhD in mathematics, Forbes 30 under 30, former Oxford fellow.

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