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

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:

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

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

Which job has the potential to become rich easily?

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

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):

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

How long does it take to see results from drinking whey protein shakes?

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?

Re——-aaaaalllllly.

Aut consectetur debitis ullam.

To the reader/asker:

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

Here’s the proof :

New study predicts when the universe will end, scientists claim it is sooner than expected - Earth.com

I don’t think so Claudeboy.

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

And ever so dutifully, Claude reports:

Maycee Barber still searching for answers after medical emergency, unclear when she can resume career - MMA Fighting

Ah. Claude Claude Claude.

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