Can machine learning and AI make programmers obsolete? Can AI make software coding and debugging a thing of the past?
Last Updated: 26.06.2025 04:42
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:
You can do modulus with %. In fact, it’s the standard way to do it! (See command 17). And mod is deprecated (command 18):
Re——-aaaaalllllly.
Ah. Claude Claude Claude.
Here’s the proof :
As usual, I’ll make my point backed by verifiable examples.
Why did Donald T**** post on Truth Social (9-15-2024) that he "hates" entertainer Taylor Swift?
I don’t think so Claudeboy.
And let’s use the latest, extra-capable model 4.1 from OpenAPI. The result:
Now, let’s think about that for a second or two. Such an elementary matter and such egregious error of omission!
Voluptatibus dolorem laborum quae.
Agent, are you sure???? You’re lying again, aren’t you?
And ever so dutifully, Claude reports:
And presto goes Claude, the clueless junior-dev (it also botched correctly showing //):
Let’s use the agent to see if it can search at least, when it doesn’t know?
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):
Claude boy, how do I do division and modulus in OCaml?
Why do almost all vertebrates have tails, but not apes and frogs?
To the reader/asker:
Your software developer job is safe for at least the next 100 years.