Will ChatGPT replace programmers?

Abstract

The field of natural language-modelling has recently experienced a breakthrough with the introduction of ChatGPT. Since it’s capable of writing code based on a prompt, it’s only natural for us, computer science students, to worry about the prospect of AI replacing programmers in the near future. Whilst there are already several articles regarding this matter, our research paper’s objective is to analyze the issue from a student’s perspective and estimate the impact it will have to on the programming industry. We have also considered the possibility of ChatGPT being a helpful tool for programmers that would boost productivity by studying its limitations and advantages/disadvatages, comparing it to Google Search. Finally, we concluded that despite being capable of answering coding questions, ChatGPT will not be replacing programmers. However, with the recent release of GPT-4, further research is required to analyze the improvements over the previous model.