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AI viewed as natural evolution of tooling, impacting coding skills

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An individual on Mastodon shared a perspective that artificial intelligence represents a natural progression of tooling. They drew a parallel to historical skills, suggesting that just as people no longer need to perform basic survival tasks manually, future generations may not need to engage in fundamental coding practices. The user humorously noted their own adherence to manual coding as potentially indicative of an outdated skill set. AI

IMPACT Suggests AI may automate fundamental coding tasks, potentially changing the required skill set for future developers.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece shared on a social media platform, discussing the nature of AI as tooling.

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AI viewed as natural evolution of tooling, impacting coding skills

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

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