AI tools will create more coders, not less

Comp. Sci. education teaches you high level engineering thinking and fundamental computing concepts that are not going away.

If you really understand those fundamentals, you can swap out your language of choice for plain English prompts and still build incredible software with AI.

But if you don't understand them, your instructions will fall flat. You'll be missing the mental models and vocabulary needed to build anything beyond the basics.

The way I see it, AI tools for coders are like robotic kitchens for chefs. They speed things up and handle repetitive tasks, but they don't replace skill, judgment, or creativity.

You wouldn't claim a robotic kitchen makes someone a great chef.

Sure, if you already know the exact ingredients and steps, it might help a layman cook a decent meal. But only a real chef knows how to balance flavors, control heat, and use technique to create something remarkable.

It's the same with code. AI can follow instructions, but knowing what to tell it is the hard part. That takes understanding the fundamentals underpinning all coding languages.

The most important part of creating software has always been imagining the solution in your head, clearly and functionally, not writing it out in whatever language's syntax. AI tools don't change this fact.