I'd like to say yes, but it's not likely. What will probably happen is that software development will change. New high-level development paradigms will appear where AI and humans will be able to develop software that's closer to putting together a puzzle than writing code line by line. Keep in mind, it's only been a few years since the current crop of AIs appeared. There's much more innovation coming.

All that 100x code will be thrown out rather than debugged. What's more likely to come is the age of disposable code.

Mixed feelings about this, the thing about AI slop is there's an option B where you just throw it out because you're not committed to what it had produced and not having it is even better than spending big to have it be good.

I took on a contract recently to fix up an AI-generated SaaS, I was low-key impressed with the consistency and general quality and structure, but what was missing... uploading files, platform registrations and payouts, payments, booking management, notifications, administrative tools, refunds, proof-of-service and dispute resolution, they wanted a small-scale AirBnb-like service and AI had built them a UI showing mock listings and a skeleton API. Whole project ended up in the trash when they realized how much work was left.

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