Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, just dropped a bomb that’s got every developer I know spiraling.
“AI will write 90% of code in 3-6 months.”
Twitter exploded. LinkedIn filled with panic posts. Everyone’s asking if they should switch careers.
Here’s the thing: they’re all missing the point.
What People Think This Means
90% of developers getting laid off in 6 months.
Mass unemployment in tech. Junior devs especially screwed. Time to learn plumbing.
I get why people think this. The quote sounds terrifying if you take it at face value.
What’s Actually Happening
I’ve been using AI coding tools for almost 2 years now. Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot - the whole arsenal.
And yeah, about 90% of my code is AI-generated these days.
But here’s what nobody talks about: I’m busier than I’ve ever been.
Not less involved. More involved.
I spend way more time on business logic. More time asking “why are we building this?” More time on architecture decisions that actually matter.
The boring shit - writing CRUD endpoints, setting up boilerplate, fixing syntax errors - that’s what AI handles.
The Brutal Truth About AI-Generated Code
Here’s something that’ll piss off the AI evangelists: If you can’t build something without AI, you probably can’t build it with AI either.
I tried this. Thought I could just prompt my way into building a mobile app in React Native when I’d only done web React.
The AI generated tons of code. It looked impressive. It was complete garbage.
Why? Because I didn’t know what questions to ask. I didn’t know what was wrong with the output. I couldn’t debug the subtle issues.
AI amplifies what you already know. It doesn’t replace what you don’t know.
Who’s Actually In Trouble
Not developers in general. Developers who refuse to adapt.
The ones still manually writing every line of code like it’s 2019. The ones who think using AI is “cheating” or beneath them.
Those developers aren’t getting replaced by AI. They’re getting replaced by developers who use AI.
There’s a difference.
The market isn’t shrinking. It’s just moving faster. Way faster.
What This Really Means For Your Career
Stop freaking out about AI taking your job. Start freaking out about other developers getting 10x faster while you’re still typing everything by hand.
The question isn’t whether AI will change development. It already has.
The question is whether you’ll adapt with it or get left behind.
Because right now, while you’re worrying about AI replacing you, someone else is using it to build twice as much in half the time.
And they’re probably getting your next promotion.