Zuckerberg Predicts AI Could Replace Human Coders in 18 Months

Just a couple of years ago, AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT were seen as helpful sidekicks for developers — tools that boosted productivity. Today, they're being talked about as possible replacements. There's no need to panic, but it's clear that AI is already doing a big part of software development. Even top tech CEOs around the world are praising its growing role. 30% of Code Already Written by AI — And Growing Fast According to Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, more than 30% of the new code written at the company is now created with the help of AI. That’s a big jump — up from 25% in October 2024. In just six months, AI-generated code at Google grew by 5%. This isn’t a slow shift — it’s moving fast. At Microsoft, the story is similar. CEO Satya Nadella shared that 30% of their code is now written by AI too. In fact, he even told Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that some of their projects might be written "entirely by software." Meta’s Llama Project: 100% AI-Generated Code Soon? Mark Zuckerberg is pushing AI automation as far as it can go. In a talk with Dwarkesh Patel, he said that Meta is building its own AI coding tools to help with the Llama AI project. These tools are being made to take full control of the work in the near future. “I think sometime in the next 12 to 18 months, we will reach the point where most of these codes that are going towards these efforts [Meta’s Llama projects] will be written by AI,” he said. Read more....

May 4, 2025 - 07:09

Zuckerberg Predicts AI Could Replace Human Coders in 18 Months

Just a couple of years ago, AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT were seen as helpful sidekicks for developers — tools that boosted productivity. Today, they're being talked about as possible replacements. There's no need to panic, but it's clear that AI is already doing a big part of software development. Even top tech CEOs around the world are praising its growing role.

30% of Code Already Written by AI — And Growing Fast
According to Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, more than 30% of the new code written at the company is now created with the help of AI. That’s a big jump — up from 25% in October 2024. In just six months, AI-generated code at Google grew by 5%. This isn’t a slow shift — it’s moving fast.

At Microsoft, the story is similar. CEO Satya Nadella shared that 30% of their code is now written by AI too. In fact, he even told Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that some of their projects might be written "entirely by software."

Meta’s Llama Project: 100% AI-Generated Code Soon?
Mark Zuckerberg is pushing AI automation as far as it can go. In a talk with Dwarkesh Patel, he said that Meta is building its own AI coding tools to help with the Llama AI project. These tools are being made to take full control of the work in the near future.

“I think sometime in the next 12 to 18 months, we will reach the point where most of these codes that are going towards these efforts [Meta’s Llama projects] will be written by AI,” he said.