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Elon Musk: Coding Was a Top Job for Decades. It Will Be Dead By the End of the Year.
Yahoo Finance ^ | 06 08 2026 | David Moadel

Posted on 06/10/2026 4:56:15 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

Musk predicts AI will write machine code directly by year-end, a shift TSLA's autonomy roadmap and MSFT's $37B AI business are already built around.

Anthropic reports Claude authored over 80% of its merged code by May 2026, with engineers merging 8x more code daily than in 2024.

AI-related layoffs in 2026 have already surpassed all of 2025's total, with software engineers and tech workers cut first.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ai; coding; learntocode; musk; softwareengineers
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1 posted on 06/10/2026 4:56:16 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

What are democrats going to tell republicans when they retake the House and Senate?

Don’t be naïve.


2 posted on 06/10/2026 5:02:22 PM PDT by Dacula
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To: yesthatjallen

What is the future of low code? I assume that will die faster than high code.


3 posted on 06/10/2026 5:02:26 PM PDT by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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To: FRiends

Learn To Grow Your Own Food. Learn to process/can/freeze your own food. Learn to BARTER using your own home-grown food.

Stock up on Bourbon and Smokes for further bartering. ;)

Work very, VERY hard on becoming debt-free!

Learn basic First Aid. Learn to stitch up a wound. Learn to raise your own meat animals; at a minimum keep chickens.

Learn to do your own vehicle repairs.

I could go on for hours. I know in my heart of hearts that before all is said and done, The Old Ways WILL be The New Ways. MAGA!


4 posted on 06/10/2026 5:05:15 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: yesthatjallen

They will only need coders to editorialize the code written by AI


5 posted on 06/10/2026 5:09:40 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He spent a week hunting a mammoth, just because I said I was hungry. He's such a good friend. )
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My daughter in Minneapolis finally landed a good-paying coding job last yr. She has been paying off debt with the extra money she’s making, but I hope she’s been putting money away in case this happens.


6 posted on 06/10/2026 5:16:14 PM PDT by Prince of Space (I cannot hate the media enough!)
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To: yesthatjallen

All those coal miners who lost their jobs when Biden shut down coal and who were told to learn to code are out of luck, again.


7 posted on 06/10/2026 5:18:01 PM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact.)
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To: Prince of Space

She should learn to use AI to generate code. Right away.

IMHO, start with Claude.

The new job market will require AI skills.


8 posted on 06/10/2026 5:19:43 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Jonty30

That’s what happened to my medical transcription career back in 2010. Voice recognition started doing more & more of the reports we typed until after only 3 yrs it was correctly transcribing 90% of them. All our job consisted of was editing. They told us it would make our jobs easier, but in the end it took our jobs.


9 posted on 06/10/2026 5:20:04 PM PDT by Prince of Space (I cannot hate the media enough!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Lear to code. Brandon said that.


10 posted on 06/10/2026 5:20:29 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Dacula

Democrats would have turned our country into a third world hellhole if Trump hadn’t stopped them. We were blessed Trump came along when he did...

So if democrats get in office they’ll start the ‘illegals’ process over - bringing in the worst of the worst to kill all that is good about the United States.

So if democrats take over we need to start the process of peacefullu separating our Country. Let democrats have the hellholes they want - and let us have the country we love. Both sides win.


11 posted on 06/10/2026 5:23:43 PM PDT by GOPJ (Democrats support illegals, commies, looters, criminals, and liars in 'the press.' VOTE AGAINST THEM)
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To: Prince of Space

The soft sell, then the hard reality.


12 posted on 06/10/2026 5:26:07 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He spent a week hunting a mammoth, just because I said I was hungry. He's such a good friend. )
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To: yesthatjallen

Learn to electrician.


13 posted on 06/10/2026 5:28:03 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: yesthatjallen

what will the dots do?


14 posted on 06/10/2026 5:31:36 PM PDT by bankwalker (Feminists, like all Marxists, are ungrateful parasites.)
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To: Disambiguator

Any skilled trade. 90% of IT jobs are doomed. I saw it before l retired, fewer and fewer were needed as AI was evolving.


15 posted on 06/10/2026 5:35:27 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Disambiguator

Very good suggestion. The data centres have huge power needs and the infrastructure to support them is extensive.


16 posted on 06/10/2026 5:43:05 PM PDT by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: yesthatjallen

Is this about recursive AI...?


17 posted on 06/10/2026 5:44:43 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: bankwalker

Customer service..............


18 posted on 06/10/2026 5:46:01 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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Let’s hope recursive self-improvement isn’t far behind...

I think.


19 posted on 06/10/2026 5:46:37 PM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: yesthatjallen

This AI chaotic change will help push war in various places. China? USA? What will happen when tens of millions lose hope?


20 posted on 06/10/2026 5:47:11 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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