While artificial intelligence tools are transforming the coding world, the head of the Openai Board of Directors has emphasized that studying in computer science is still “valuable” and that programming will remain human for at least the next century. Bill Gates also agrees.
Burt Taylor, chairman of the Openai Board of Directors, said in a speech to students that in the era of artificial intelligence -based coding tools, it is still important to have a computer science degree. He emphasized that this field teaches students important skills called Systems Thinking, which is essential to developing products and solving complex problems; A skill that artificial intelligence is still unable to replace.
In an interview with Business Insider, Taylor explains that knowledge in areas such as the complexity of algorithms, random algorithms, and basic topics such as Big O Notation, is obtained through academic education in computer science, and the same knowledge form human ability to analyze.
In this regard, Microsoft’s founder Bill Gates, in separate statements, described programming as a job that would remain “at least a century”. He emphasized that writing a code is not merely a typing of command, stressing, “programming means seeing hidden patterns, evaluating benefits and disadvantages, and making creative jumps that no algorithm is capable of predicting.”
Gates, who has expressed this view in several interviews, including the Economic Times and Zerodha podcasts, described tools such as Copilot and ChatGpt as “auxiliary tools” that enhance human productivity and creativity, but the decision and final design continue to depend on humans.
While the future of programmers’ job is redefined with artificial intelligence arrival, these statements by key technology figures reaffirm the importance of deep and conceptual education in computer science for the next generation of professionals.
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