Can machine learning and AI make programmers obsolete? Can AI make software coding and debugging a thing of the past?

Last Updated: 03.07.2025 00:29

Can machine learning and AI make programmers obsolete? Can AI make software coding and debugging a thing of the past?

And let’s use the latest, extra-capable model 4.1 from OpenAPI. The result:

You can do modulus with %. In fact, it’s the standard way to do it! (See command 17). And mod is deprecated (command 18):

I don’t think so Claudeboy.

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Here’s the proof :

Re——-aaaaalllllly.

Claude boy, how do I do division and modulus in OCaml?

Why is there no evidence of a multiverse theory?

To the reader/asker:

And presto goes Claude, the clueless junior-dev (it also botched correctly showing //):

Let’s ask Claude Sonnet 3.5, which is quite the advanced model (at par with Deepseek V3 R1 and GPT 4o) a very simple question:

Will AI allow companies to upskill their call center agents, as Ikea did with its interior design training?

And hey Claude? There’s a reserved float division /. if both numbers are floats, for sure (19) but so can one use // even though both are integers (20):

Ah. Claude Claude Claude.

Agent, are you sure???? You’re lying again, aren’t you?

How can you maintain self-control?

Now, let’s think about that for a second or two. Such an elementary matter and such egregious error of omission!

Your software developer job is safe for at least the next 100 years.

As usual, I’ll make my point backed by verifiable examples.

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And ever so dutifully, Claude reports:

Let’s use the agent to see if it can search at least, when it doesn’t know?