Google CEO Comments on Programmers Fears of Being Replaced by AI
Jakarta, Kompas Com – Various artificial intelligence (AI) products, such as ChatGPT and Google Gemini, now have the ability to create applications or write programming code, an activity that is usually done by a programmer. Because they can already write code, some people, especially programmers, may worry that AI will replace their jobs in the future. Well, Alphabet and Google CEO, Sundar Pichai said that there is no need to be afraid. Because, he said AI will never be able to replace the tasks and work of programmers. “AI will help people get their jobs done. For programmers, AI will increase efficiency and lighten their workload, so that these coders can focus on other, more creative things,” Pichai said at an event held at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA last week.
In addition to helping lighten the work of programmers, Pichai also predicts that the presence of AI in the field of information technology (IT) will make more people code or become programmers.
Because, this can be done more easily than before, of course with the help of AI. “AI will also help reduce the difficulty level of coding and creating computer programs, because AI can understand natural human language. In this case, AI can be said to be a tool that empowers human ability to program, so that this activity can be accessed by more people,” Pichai added.
Regarding AI, Pichai had time to explain the abbreviation and meaning of the term, as summarized by KompasTekno from Wccftech, Monday (9/23/2024). According to him, AI should not be interpreted as an intelligence tool that is “made” (artificial), but rather intelligence that can “empower” (enabling) or improve human abilities. Humans who do not use AI will lose competitiveness Regarding AI that threatens human jobs, the pioneer of Google Brain, a division of Google AI that creates deep learning AI learning models, namely Andrew Ng, previously expressed a similar opinion to Sundar Pichai. In a seminar held by Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand around July, Andrew was optimistic and said that AI would not replace jobs that have been filled by humans.
However, it is possible that people who diligently use AI will be much smarter at work than people who do not understand the use of AI. In short, job opportunities for people who understand the use of AI will be greater, and people who do not use AI can be replaced. “In most jobs, if 20-30 percent of the work implements an automation system, then the rest will of course rely on human labor,” Andrew said some time ago. “This also means that AI will not be able to replace human work, and humans who use AI could replace the work of humans who do not use AI or do not know what AI is,” Andrew added. In addition to being optimistic that AI will not eliminate jobs for humans, Andrew is also convinced that automation will only help a company to produce new innovations. He also believes that automation that uses AI is not always related to efficiency and savings, and is not entirely a technology that is profitable for companies in the future.
SOURCE : Kompas com