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

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

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

To the reader/asker:

What are some of the most annoying movie clichés?

Re——-aaaaalllllly.

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 is it so common for married white women to have an affair with black men? Does it bother white guys?

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

Here’s the proof :

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

A 35-year-old Florida man booked more than 120 free flights by posing as a flight attendant - Fortune

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):

Ah. Claude Claude Claude.

Alzheimers' risk can be cut by ditching habit as 'positive' research developments made - Daily Express US

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

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:

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

Sydney Sweeney Gained 30 Pounds for “Crazy” Christy Martin Biopic Transformation - The Hollywood Reporter

I don’t think so Claudeboy.

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