AI Shrinks CS Fundamentals

Updated: 2025.10.01 21D ago 1 sources
If AI handles much implementation, many software roles may no longer require deep CS concepts like machine code or logic gates. Curricula and entry‑level expectations would shift toward tool orchestration, integration, and system‑level reasoning over hand‑coding fundamentals. — This forces universities, accreditors, and employers to redefine what counts as 'competency' in software amid AI assistance.

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Will Computer Science become useless knowledge?
Arnold Kling 2025.10.01 100% relevant
Kling asks whether knowing AND/OR/NOT and logic gates should be a 'deal‑breaker' for software engineers, likening it to not needing to 'milk a cow' to be a chef.
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