Coding could be the biggest hit segment within the technology space, as artificial intelligence sweeps industries, according to Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who believes AI is set to automate coding before it replaces the broader software engineering network.
Speaking to Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath on the WTF podcast, Amodei made a bold prediction. “I think coding is going away first,” he said, adding that while AI systems are rapidly improving at writing software, engineering divisions such as architecture, product sense and user understanding will take longer to automate.
Artificial intelligence is set to automate coding before it replaces broader software engineering work, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said, outlining how AI will reshape skills and jobs in a conversation with Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath on the WTF podcast.
The broader task of software engineering will take longer… but I think doing that end-to-end will happen as well," he said. Amodei believes as AI takes over human execution, human roles will shift towards higher-level judgment and direction.
“Elements of design, making something useful to users, knowing what the demand is, managing teams of AI models — those things may still be present,” he added.
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Amodei argued that even small human contributions can be amplified in AI-driven workflows. “Even if you're only doing five percent of the task, that five percent gets super-amplified… the AI does the other 95%, and you become far more productive.”
But he cautioned that heavy reliance on AI risks eroding core cognitive abilities. “We did some studies around code… depending on how you use the model, we can see de-skilling,” he said. Similar concerns apply to education, where students may outsource thinking to AI tools.
Whether AI ultimately weakens or strengthens human capability depends on deployment choices. “If we deploy AI in the wrong way, if we deploy it carelessly, then yes, people could become stupider,” he said.
For younger workers navigating career choices, Amodei emphasised skills that machines struggle with today. “Critical thinking skills are going to be really important,” he said, particularly in a world where AI can generate convincing text, images and video.
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