Comment by Rury

Here's why AI won't end the profession... (at least not completely).

Programming is defined as the art of creating/writing instructions for computers to perform. If you're aware, then you will realize that for AI to do anything, it must be instructed/prompted it to do so first. In other words, telling an AI to do something, is essentially programming, and that there is no world where AI will magically do something unless someone instructed it to do so.

That said, what AI has basically done, is made it possible to instruct computers using the syntax of our native language, instead of a more primitive syntax. This is immensely helpful, however... realize that the syntax of our native language is also problematic in ways, particularly in its preciseness (if you don't understand this, just look at the legal field, and why legal jargon is even a thing). And so, you'll eventually realize that it can sometimes be difficult to get a computer/AI to do exactly what you want it to do, no matter the syntax you decide to use.

All said, AI has made it easier than ever to program, but it doesn't remove having to do at least some sort of work of formulating instructions. That reality will always remain, and so long as there remains some demand for that work to be done, the profession will continue to exist.