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

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

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

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

Why aren't you a Trump supporter?

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:

And ever so dutifully, Claude reports:

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):

Summer Game Fest 2025 LIVE: Everything announced during the gaming showcase - Tom's Guide

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

To the reader/asker:

Ah. Claude Claude Claude.

What type of sex do women prefer, oral, anal, or vaginal?

Here’s the proof :

Claude boy, how do I do division and modulus in OCaml?

You can do modulus with %. In fact, it’s the standard way to do it! (See command 17). And mod is deprecated (command 18):

How can I get just the vocals of a song?

Re——-aaaaalllllly.

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

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

Unvaccinated cat in St. Johns County prompts 60-day rabies alert - News4JAX

I don’t think so Claudeboy.

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