Mark Zuckerberg says artificial intelligence will replace meta software engineers

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the company will start automating the work of mid-level software engineers in 2025. Meta may eventually outsource all the coding of its programs to artificial intelligence.

In an interview on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Mark Zuckerberg said, “Probably in 2025, in Meta as well as other companies basically working on this, we’ll have artificial intelligence that can effectively be a kind of mid-level engineer that works at your company. And he can write code.”

Of course, the implementation of this idea may be expensive for Meta and other companies at first, but Zuckerberg says that Meta will reach a point where artificial intelligence writes all the code in its programs.

Replacing mediocre meta engineers with artificial intelligence

According to various data, mid-level software engineers at Meta now earn nearly six-figure salaries. If the costs of meta AI can be reduced, this technology can be used to replace these engineers.

Overall, it is predicted that coding will likely be one of the most popular skills in the job market that AI will automate this year. Of course, previous researches have also addressed this issue; For example, research company Gartner predicted that in the next 3 years, 80% of engineers around the world will need to upgrade their skills to keep up with the advancements in this technology.

In general, maybe artificial intelligence can automate the coding process of engineers, but according to researchers, human expertise and creativity are always necessary to provide complex and innovative software; For this reason, software engineers must be able to improve their skills along with the advancement of artificial intelligence.