Anyone can use AI to 'vibe code.' Could that put programmers out of a job?

https://www.wgbh.org/news/2025-05-30/anyone-can-use-ai-chatbots-to-vibe-code-could-that-put-programmers-out-of-a-job

by ciwolex • 1 year ago

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ciwolex• 1 year ago

How true is it when journalists say such things? Aren't these sorts of articles misleading to beginners?

gibbitz• 1 year ago

They're misleading to consumers in general. I used copilot to write one suite of unit tests for a react form last week and it took ~7 hours of iterations to get functioning tests. Compared to writing them by hand in 4.5 it feels like vibe coding is pure hype.

tocs3• 1 year ago

It might also be that part of the job of a programmer is to translate English (or you preferred human language) to a finished product. I have watched management talk to programmers about what they want. I sometimes wonder how things actually get done.

crop_rotation• 1 year ago

Nobody is basing their AI predictions on Copilot though. That is the issue with all AI skeptics. Claude Code is absurdly good at editing a software project. Copilot like per month fixed cost tools have a lower ceiling since they are cost constrained.

Anyone can use AI to 'vibe code.' Could that put programmers out of a job?

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