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Coding Jobs May Suffer As AI Disrupts Software Market

POSTED ON August 27, 2024 •   TECHNOLOGY      BY Benedicta Bassey
Artificial Intelligence/ Photo credit: Nexford University

With the advent of artificial intelligence, more and more software market may crash as its presence has halted the chances of young people especially in developing counties to secure remote software related jobs.

The Chief Executive Officer, Famiscro Group, Ndubuisi Ekekwe, said this on Tuesday via his official  Facebook page.

He said AI is increasingly automating traditional software development, giving way for the collapse of coding system in countries like Nigeria.

He affirmed that with the decrease in the advertisement of coding in schools, posited a clear indication on the impact of AI in major industries.

He explained that coding was becoming superfluous, as many coders in leading tech companies were “coding themselves out of jobs”.

According to the Famiscro Group CEO, this is because AI is now a team member, reducing the need for a large number of coders.

Ekekwe emphasised that building algorithms, not coding, is where sustainable opportunities would emerge as the AI revolution intensifies.

He stressed the importance of mathematics, calling it the “beautiful science of numbers” and the “pillar upon which natural philosophy understanding is built.”

According to experts, AI-powered coding tools, including ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, CodiumAI Codiumate, and Amazon CodeWhisperer, are redefining the coding paradigm.

By automating code generation, these tools are accelerating development timelines, and their capabilities are continually advancing to generate high-quality, compilable, and executable code.

The Chief Executive Officer of Nvidia, Jensen Huang, said that kids no longer need to learn to code and that AI will do that.

“Over the last 10-15 years, almost everybody who sits on a stage like this would tell you that it is vital that your children learn computer science; everybody should learn how to programme,” he told the World Government Summit in Dubai earlier this year. “In fact, it is almost exactly the opposite.”

A cybersecurity consultant, Francis Nwebonyi, explained on Linkedin that there was a need to train young people in developing countries to invent and work in the field of technology.

He warned that relying solely on artificial intelligence without a deep understanding of its underlying principles, including coding, was a recipe for disaster.

Nwebonyi advised young people to go beyond just learning to code and to focus on understanding data structures, which is essential for achieving meaningful results in tech and AI jobs.

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