Developer declares the AI coding revolution already happened: future CS grads will be 'AI team pilots'
_akpiper · x · 2026-09-06
A French developer argues in a widely shared thread that the AI software-development revolution "has already happened" and the industry will gradually adapt. He likens the 2026 developer to a taxi driver watching a Tesla Cybercab drive itself through Los Angeles.
Key takes:
- For CS students: hand-coding skill is (almost) worthless now, since AIs will soon write machine code directly;
- Reviewing code quality no longer matters — testing and feeding issues back to models is what counts;
- Future computer scientists will all be "AI team pilots" who orchestrate and verify AI output.
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