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AI Dev, DeepLearning.ai's AI conference, made its NYC debut.
We sat down with Andrew Ng at the event to talk AI and developers.
Ng recommends that everyone learn to code.
The second annual AI Dev, a summit on all things AI and software hosted by Andrew Ng's DeepLearning.ai, came to New York on Friday. In several panels and an interview with ZDNET, the Google Brain founder had advice to give about the future of the field.
AI has rapidly become a reliable coding assistant for many developers -- so much so that many are wondering about the future of the entire profession. Entry-level coding jobs are dwindling for recent grads as teams offload junior tasks to AI assistants; at the same time, experts cite the real limitations of these tools as proof that engineers will never actually become obsolete.
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Here's what Ng had to say about how to navigate this uncertain future, why everyone should learn to code, and how governance should really be done.
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