A veteran software engineer with 35 years of experience and an AI/ML background shares his opinion on whether AI will replace developers. He argues that on the business side, executives are using AI as a cost-cutting justification rather than a genuine productivity tool, while the actual code quality from AI engines remains poor (best-in-class at only ~5% correctness). On the technical side, he explains that current AI is probabilistic pattern matching, not true creativity, and warns of a 'dead internet' feedback loop where AI trains on AI-generated hallucinations. His conclusion: AI will change all tech jobs and eliminate some short-term, but a crisis is coming when companies that replaced developers with AI will need skilled humans to fix the resulting mess. He advises developers to learn broadly, understand AI tools, and stay prepared.