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AI model releases revive claims software engineering is dead
Original: Every time a new AI model is released — especially after Fable and now with GPT-Astra — everyone exclaims, ‘Software eng
With each new AI model release, including the recent Fable and GPT-Astra, a familiar claim resurfaces online: that software engineering is dead. A commentary piece pushes back against a well-known data scientist who repeated the phrase without justification, arguing the recurring declaration has become a reflex rather than a considered assessment of AI's actual impact on programming work.
Why now: New AI model releases keep reigniting debate about whether AI will replace software engineers.
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Evidence
- Every time a new AI model is released — especially after Fable and now with GPT-Astra — everyone exclaims, ‘Software engineering is dead’. I decided to write this after watching a well-known data scientist who, without offering any justification, utters that phrase yet again.… · hackaday@www.urbanmind.net · 3
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