Eric Schmidt

By April 2026, the vast majority of human programmers will have been replaced by AI programmers.

Inaccurate ●●●●●
“So we believe as an industry that in the next one year the vast majority of programmers will be replaced by AI programmers.”
Said on
10 April 2025 · SCSP NatSec Tech podcast interview with Jeanne Meserve (video at ~10:23)
Source
Quote Origin: The Programming Occupation Will Become Extinct · Quote Investigator
Should come true
Apr 2026
How sure they sounded
we believe as an industry
Categories
AIEconomy
Importance
3 of 5 · Replacing most programmers would transform the software industry and its workforce.

Outcome

Inaccurate

By April 2026 human software developers had not been mostly replaced: BLS still projects growth for software developers, and reported data show more people in developer jobs in April 2026 than a year earlier, even though entry-level hiring weakened.

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