Former Google CEO says: Top engineers are no longer writing most of the code themselves

 Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt declared the era of manual coding over, stating that modern programmers now supervise AI agents. This significant shift, beginning around October last year, sees engineers assigning tasks to AI ‘friends’ and reviewing their output. Schmidt urged tech leaders to question traditional coding practices, emphasizing that outdated methods are now obsolete. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt declared the era of manual coding over, stating that modern programmers now supervise AI agents. This significant shift, beginning around October last year, sees engineers assigning tasks to AI ‘friends’ and reviewing their output. Schmidt urged tech leaders to question traditional coding practices, emphasizing that outdated methods are now obsolete.