Can machine learning and AI make programmers obsolete? Can A...

As usual, I’ll make my point backed by verifiable examples.

Let’s ask Claude Sonnet 3.5, which is quite the advanced model (at par with Deepseek V3 R1 and GPT 4o) a very simple question:

And hey Claude? There’s a reserved float division /. if both numbers are floats, for sure (19) but so can one use // even though both are integers (20):

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And let’s use the latest, extra-capable model 4.1 from OpenAPI. The result:

You can do modulus with %. In fact, it’s the standard way to do it! (See command 17). And mod is deprecated (command 18):

Claude boy, how do I do division and modulus in OCaml?

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Re——-aaaaalllllly.

To the reader/asker:

Now, let’s think about that for a second or two. Such an elementary matter and such egregious error of omission!

How do people move on so quickly? I’m still sprung over someone I was dating and he found someone else so fast. I feel hurt because I’m still head over heels over him while he’s out enjoying his life with someone new

Here’s the proof :

Your software developer job is safe for at least the next 100 years.

And presto goes Claude, the clueless junior-dev (it also botched correctly showing //):

If you’re an atheist, what would be your motive in spreading atheism, and why would you care what others believe?

I don’t think so Claudeboy.

Agent, are you sure???? You’re lying again, aren’t you?

And ever so dutifully, Claude reports:

Why do older people have a hard time using technology?

Let’s use the agent to see if it can search at least, when it doesn’t know?

Ah. Claude Claude Claude.

Can machine learning and AI make programmers obsolete? Can AI make software coding and debugging a thing of the past?

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