# tl;dr: Chill, y'all: AI Will Not Devour SE

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.00764 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2409.00764/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 1 Sep 2024.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Will AI replace Software Engineers? Do not hold your breath](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.20429/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Social media provide a steady diet of dire warnings that artificial intelligence (AI) will make software engineering (SE) irrelevant or obsolete. To the contrary, the engineering discipline of software is rich and robust; it encompasses the full scope of software design, development, deployment, and practical use; and it has regularly assimilated radical new offerings from AI. Current AI innovations such as machine learning, large language models (LLMs) and generative AI will offer new opportunities to extend the models and methods of SE. They may automate some routine development processes, and they will bring new kinds of components and architectures. If we're fortunate they may force SE to rethink what we mean by correctness and reliability. They will not, however, render SE irrelevant.