AI is reshaping the programming landscape by attracting individuals from diverse backgrounds to coding. Experiences at EuroPython highlight a shift in acceptance towards AI-assisted programming tools, as the community becomes more inclusive of newcomers. The perspective that creating a program, with or without AI, defines one as a programmer underscores a broader identity shift. There is optimism that AI technology will lead to an increase in the number of programmers, contrary to fears that it may reduce the demand for traditional coding roles.
AI will not lead to fewer programmers. In fact, the opposite seems likely. AI will bring more people into programming than anything else we have done in the last decade.
If you're painting (even your very first painting) you are a painter. Consequently if you create a program, by hand or with the aid of an agent, you are a programmer.
Acceptance of AI has shifted significantly. More importantly there is pretty wide support of the notion that newcomers will and should be writing AI-generated code.
Many people become programmers essentially overnight by picking up one of these tools.
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