[Idengod]

I am a home taught programmer with a dreadful memory. 

I can spend a whole weekend trying to figure out a solution to a problem in php, learning along the way.

When it comes to the next time I have to look at the code (and my comments) I often can't figure out how I got it to work in the first place.

I only mention this because AI has changed everything for me.  I just throw the problem into Bing and out comes some code. Often doesn't work first time but that usually down to my poor question.

If I was just starting out at school I would have serious doubts about taking a programming career as I'm not sure there will be many programming jobs around in five years time?

Ai will not replace programmers. There's way to much complexity in the programs we right for it to replace us.

[pablix]

Seniors- it will make things easier. I already use LLMs every day to grok documentation.
Juniors- not so much. They will be useless in 2-3 years. But how do you get Sr w/o Jr?

[opw]

AI is gonna be just another tool to aid problem solving.