Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed that the company now uses Artificial Intelligence to write between 20% and 30% of the code powering its software. Satya joined Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg this Tuesday at the LlamaCon conference to discuss developments in AI and their contributions to the open-source ecosystem. The fact that a major company like Microsoft relies so much on AI underlines how this technology is revolutionizing software development. Still, it also draws attention to the growing unease and uncertainty experienced by fresh software developers.
Almost every company uses Artificial Intelligence to a certain extent. At its Q3 financials last year, Sundar Pichai revealed that 25% of new code at Google is AI-generated. As it stands, AI is mostly there to power repetitive, data-heavy, and predictable tasks, which would yield a noticeable gain to corporate efficiency by cutting down on entry-level jobs. While it is true that AI-generated code has improved significantly over the recent years, it still requires senior developer oversight to ensure the production environment doesn't go haywire.
