AI Hasn't Replaced Programmers Yet: Taste and High-Level Guidance Matter More
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-07-19
While a massive amount of talent is currently pouring into developing AI that could eliminate their own jobs, they haven't succeeded yet. Even though models possess superhuman capabilities in most specific tasks, their lack of "taste" and aesthetics ironically makes insightful, high-level human guidance even more valuable.
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