I have a BS degree in Computer Science, I’m also a retired Electronics engineer, and Military trained electronics technician.
My comment is this; a vast majority of “programmers”
can easily be replaced.
Today our technology has advanced way faster and beyond 60’s
computing.
The real problem is this; What does society do with all our idiots?
Very few people can achieve my education and experience level. I can deal with technology, easily.
What do we do with the people that cannot?
BS. I’m a long time software developer and while the AI can generate code for already existing algorithms it’s often times error prone requiring more time to debug it then just doing it yourself. Trying something new? Forget it. Worse you’re losing the ability to learn new skills and let your old skills atrophy because the AI just does it for you.
Now can it take the place of the H1B coders and entry level coders? Yeah. But the entry coders will no longer learn the skills to be advanced coders and the Benioff here will just hire more H1Bs instead anyway.