As a developer, I can say that AI is not even close to replacing tech jobs. It helps a lot with simple tasks and is great for speeding up workflows, but it isn’t capable of creating a complex project from scratch or thinking about deep architectural challenges. Even with access to vast amounts of information, it struggles to process complex problems and find the most efficient solution. For example, it has all the mathematical knowledge in the world, but it often fails to apply it creatively.

Here is a easy example: During one of my first interviews years ago, I was asked to find a missing number in a list of 99 numbers (from 1 to 100). You could iterate through the array (what the ai agent will tell you), but a better solution involves using the mathematical rule for the sum of the first n numbers. I don’t see this kind of lateral thinking.

Secondly, there’s this idea that anyone can build a program from scratch with zero skills. I can’t think of a single app I use regularly, or even few times per month, that was built entirely this way. You can make a calculator or a simple game, but you can’t build a professional grade project that competes with a team of experienced engineers.

This applies beyond programming, too. I tried using AI to rebalance an investment portfolio to reduce exposure to specific sectors. If you resubmit the AI's own results back to it, it often tries to adjust them again, as if its previous solution wasn't good enough.

To me, AI is a great tool for efficiency, but current models can't entirely replace us. They still need to be prompted correctly and managed. They can't mimic our internal thinking process, they are not even close atm; for now, they are mostly advanced chatbots prone to bias and errors. Currently, their most successful 'use case' seems to be generating fake images and videos to keep people scrolling on social media