Maybe not never, but definitely not soon. It can now do pretty static websites, speed up development of not complicated stuff and help test and document. It's a very good sidekick that makes a senior more performant and focused. Not more than that
I share some of your thoughts, but also disagree with others.
As a leader of a team who has been building a software centered around the use of AI for the past year, in the data and analytics space, I've seen that:
1. AI is really good at summarizing things.
2. AI is really good at documenting data and analytics assets (which is something we, humans, hate to do).
3. AI is really good at being your side-kick, helping you think about projects and work you want to do.
4. AI is really good at understanding the business context (once you feed it enough stuff).
5. AI has a high bar to meet - for some reason people want it to be 99% accurate, when normal humans are not remotely as accurate.
6. AI doesn't know anything you didn't specifically help it know (e.g. if it's not in the RAG, it doesn't exist).
7. AI really wants to help, and sometimes embarrassingly so.
Is AI perfect? From from it.
But, it keeps getting better, and you can build software that plays to its strengths, and leave to humans the things AI can't do (yet).
Maybe not never, but definitely not soon. It can now do pretty static websites, speed up development of not complicated stuff and help test and document. It's a very good sidekick that makes a senior more performant and focused. Not more than that
I share some of your thoughts, but also disagree with others.
As a leader of a team who has been building a software centered around the use of AI for the past year, in the data and analytics space, I've seen that:
1. AI is really good at summarizing things.
2. AI is really good at documenting data and analytics assets (which is something we, humans, hate to do).
3. AI is really good at being your side-kick, helping you think about projects and work you want to do.
4. AI is really good at understanding the business context (once you feed it enough stuff).
5. AI has a high bar to meet - for some reason people want it to be 99% accurate, when normal humans are not remotely as accurate.
6. AI doesn't know anything you didn't specifically help it know (e.g. if it's not in the RAG, it doesn't exist).
7. AI really wants to help, and sometimes embarrassingly so.
Is AI perfect? From from it.
But, it keeps getting better, and you can build software that plays to its strengths, and leave to humans the things AI can't do (yet).