Overview
- Speaking at Snowflake’s Build conference, Ng said the barrier to programming has never been lower and urged people to get AI to help them code rather than doing it by hand.
- He framed AI-assisted workflows as a faster, cheaper way to build projects, calling it a great time for non-engineers and professionals in many roles to prototype ideas.
- Ng warned that universities have been slow to update curricula for AI-driven development and said computer science graduates are seeing higher unemployment as a result.
- He added that he still cannot hire enough people who truly know AI, while Business Insider has reported that companies like Visa, Reddit, and DoorDash now seek experience with AI code generators in job postings.
- Industry leaders have echoed the trend, with Nvidia’s Jensen Huang citing tools such as Cursor, Replit, and Harvey and Klarna’s Sebastian Siemiatkowski crediting AI coding assistants with enabling faster prototyping.