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AI Will Not Replace Software Engineers (and May, in Fact, Require More)

September 26, 2024

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Explore the current and future impact of AI on developers and see why humans will always be essential to delivering innovative software in this report.

Explore the current and future impact of AI on developers—and find out why humans will always be essential to delivering innovative software.Read the Gartner® report, AI Will Not Replace Software Engineers (and May, in Fact, Require More), to:

  • See how AI will transform the role of engineering teams today, tomorrow, and well into the future.

  • Get recommendations—backed by research—about how to prepare for the emergence of AI engineering.

  • Learn how the use of AI-powered tools will create distinct career paths for junior and senior developers.

Gartner, AI Will Not Replace Software Engineers (and May, in Fact, Require More), Philip Walsh, Gunjan Gupta, Helen Poitevin, Keith Mann, Dave Micko, Manjunath Bhat, 30 August 2024.


GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved.*Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. *

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