Despite creating code that could replace junior and senior developers, the author argues AI is a tool for enhancement. The key skills for future developers are not just coding, but the ability to effectively direct AI through prompting and validate its output via debugging. This mirrors how computers augmented, rather than eliminated, mathematicians.
An AI was tasked with creating a C++ audio/video equalizer for byte-by-byte streaming, a problem described as something that "audio DSP engineers often get wrong." The AI's success demonstrates its ability to generate correct, readable code for highly specialized and difficult technical challenges that are prone to human error.
The AI's solution included logic for managing byte-by-byte streaming, such as making threads sleep to prevent data overlap. This was highlighted as "a very logical decision that should have been made by a human. The reality is, it wasn't." This suggests AI can identify and implement optimal, logical solutions that humans might miss due to habit or oversight.