Will Robots Replace Programmers?

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Talk examines whether code-writing tools and automation will replace software developers, focusing on how programmers automate manual work (including their own tasks) and the trend toward reducing human labor through programs. It reviews current directions in automation and asks if and when developer roles might disappear as programs increasingly perform programming tasks.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:17Programming and conditionals
3. 5:13Code autocompletion
4. 15:03Machine learning in autocompletion
5. 17:31Line completion and templates
6. 23:53Automatic code generation
7. 26:16Code refactoring
8. 30:49Solutions on the web
9. 33:41Static code analysis
10. 41:44Bug fixing
11. 45:55Dependency updates
12. 51:35Automated testing
13. 55:50GPT-3 and UI generation
14. 1:01:10Pair programming with AI
15. 1:03:17Q&A

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