The idea of humans writing computer programs is going to become obsolete Maybe not in three years maybe not in five years. But at some point in the not too distant future and if you think about the way in which the field is Structured today, you know you have vast numbers of people writing software as a profession. That process becomes automated and you don't need to pay people to do that.
The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent Danny Fortson brings on Matt Welsh, founder of Fixie.ai, to talk about how artificial intelligence will replace human programmers (3:25), its growing capabilities (8:20), the power of natural language prompts (13:20), running the numbers (16:15), historical precedents (21:30), on whether there is a development “brick wall” coming (25:00), why this AI moment has arrived (27:50), whether OpenAI will have a defensible business model (32:30), Fixie’s plan (35:40), a world of bespoke AIs for different industries (41:20), Welsh’s history at Google, Apple and startups (43:50), starting Fixie (46:30), and the societal shift to come (50:45).
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