Can machine learning and AI make programmers obsolete? Can A...

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

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 :

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And let’s use the latest, extra-capable model 4.1 from OpenAPI. The result:

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.

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

Re——-aaaaalllllly.

As usual, I’ll make my point backed by verifiable examples.

Why cant I add weight to my lifts even though im completing my sets? Every time I try to add more weight I cant even complete one rep.

And ever so dutifully, Claude reports:

To the reader/asker:

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

What factors may contribute to intelligent individuals identifying as Republican rather than Democrat in the United States today?

I don’t think so Claudeboy.

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.

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

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

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

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