CS student argues AI agents are novelty over substance, coding shift mirrors Assembly-to-Python
Cantfrickingthink · reddit · 2026-11-05
A Reddit user (still a university student without professional experience) argues AI won't take over software development, security and maintenance anytime soon, claiming agents are "more novelty than substance" and that AI will instead elevate programming like the Assembly-to-Python transition, offloading mundane tasks so developers focus on fundamentals.
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