Programmer (English name: Programmer) refers to grassroots staff engaged in program development and program maintenance. Programmers are generally divided into programmers and coders, but the boundaries between both are not very clear.

With the development of the times, the requirements for programmers are also changing, requiring them to master more knowledge and skills, such as UML, unit testing, various methodologies, etc., to meet the changing needs of business, technology, and applications with the times.

In fact, programming is not difficult, but creating programming tools is difficult. It requires writers to start from the underlying logic and transform logic and instructions that humans believe are simple into a language that computers can "understand", similar to a pioneering work from 0 to 1.

For example, the entire programming process is similar to building blocks, with some people responsible for designing the blocks, and they need to consider the size, shape, and connectivity between various modules; "Another group of people are responsible for building blocks. These people only need to take what they have done and splice it together according to the drawings".

It can be seen that the work of programmers is also divided into levels. Programmers themselves are a profession that requires continuous learning and upgrading. With the rapid development of the Internet and computer technology, programmers must constantly learn, enrich, and improve themselves along the way to keep up with changes in programming languages. Without learning, they cannot keep up with the needs of the times. Therefore, the term "lifelong learning" is very suitable for describing programmers.

For example, the product PaddlePaddle released by Baidu is an advanced and fully functional open source deep learning platform that integrates the core framework, tool components, and service platform for deep learning, and has been widely used by Chinese enterprises. This means that you no longer need to build your own framework for deep learning and find tools everywhere. PaddlePaddle combines commonly used components and tools, and you just need to focus on your own work.

From this perspective, programmers who do not learn, but only build frameworks and move code will be eliminated. The thinking that robots do not possess is an inherent advantage of humans, as well as an advantage of programmers. Programmers who have systematic thinking and can implement underlying architectures cannot be replaced by robots.

Because artificial intelligence cannot surpass "innovation," programmers have their own independent ideas and practices. Artificial intelligence can never operate on its own, it must have programmers responsible for artificial intelligence to manage operations. These types of programmers will be eliminated in the future.

• Programmers who cannot keep pace with the times, are unwilling to learn new technologies, and always use old and outdated languages;
• Programmers who can simply modify programming, copy, paste, and move code;
• A code editor who only integrates and maintains programs written by other programmers.

The future society will be a highly divided and integrated process. Looking back at the history of human society, the process of human development and progress is actually a process of socialized division of labor. The industrial revolution separated workers from farmers and handicraftsmen, and with the development of technology, it brought about further detailed division of labor. Factories divided each action and production process into steps, and each worker only needed to complete one action or process, forming a linear process, known as assembly line production.

Various competitions in human society, including commercial competition and military competition, have further deepened the division of labor among humans. To maximize benefits, people must engage in their most efficient work. This is the case with the current stage of economic globalization, which has led to the formation of a division of labor among countries, enabling the rational allocation of capital, technology, labor, and resources based on the economic capabilities of each country and its position in the global value chain.

In this case, using robots that have no emotions, are not sick, work continuously 24 hours, and work tirelessly to replace humans in most alternative jobs will continue the division of labor in human society, which will inevitably become a trend in the future.

With the advancement of the new generation of technological revolution, people will gradually be liberated from manual labor in the future, playing the role of computer decision-making and thinking. This fully demonstrates the important role of programmers. Although AI can replace the work it can replace, programmers are still the dominant players in artificial intelligence technology, because artificial intelligence cannot operate on its own, and without programmers, AI cannot deepen applications and continue to develop.

AI is made up of machines in machine language, but artificial intelligence cannot surpass humans in programming and can create useful and practical code that spans several lines. This requires a certain level of intelligence, so AI cannot replace programmers in a short time.

No one doubts that AI will do better in programming. In fact, AI driven tools can code much better than humans. However, enabling AI to make all the correct decisions needed to initially develop software, or to explain the business value of each function, is still very far away.

In fact, no matter how artificial intelligence develops, excellent programmers with core thinking will be indispensable. Because they can create the operating rules of the machine world, which are engraved deep in the core of the machine like the laws of the universe.

With the development of the times and the continuous progress of technology, human understanding and understanding of the objective world are also deepening. Ordinary programmers with fixed and stagnant thinking will be abandoned by the era under the impact of the wave of artificial intelligence. However, excellent programmers who keep pace with the times and can always lead the transformation of programming ideas have become valuable talents for the development of the industry. They will not only not be eliminated, but also stand at the forefront of the development of artificial intelligence technology.

In short, with the continuous development of artificial intelligence technology, future programmers will get rid of the work done by current programmers, and developers will have more time to focus on more "humanized" aspects of their work. Because no matter how artificial intelligence develops, it still requires humans to fill the gap that machines will always lack and explore solutions to known problems, all of which require excellent programmers to complete.