Software Industry To Wipe Out in 12 Months?

For a long time, now, the software industry has been the primary source of income and employment to the larger section of the common public. But this is not likely to be the case now as things are shifting slowly.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei sparked a major conversation in tech by saying that artificial intelligence could take over most software engineering tasks within the next six to twelve months. According to Amodei, AI models have advanced so much that engineers are increasingly acting as editors and overseers rather than writing code themselves a sign, he suggests, that the nature of programming is rapidly shifting.

Amodei described a future where AI handles the bulk of coding and routine development work, leaving humans to focus on clarifying goals, reviewing results, and solving complex problems that machines still struggle with. He emphasised that in many teams today, especially at Anthropic, engineers spend more time refining AI outputs than producing code from scratch.

His comments have ignited debate across social media and industry circles. Some experts see this as evidence that software engineering roles must evolve or risk obsolescence, while others caution that fully autonomous AI coding is still far from proven and that human expertise remains essential.

Amodei’s stark timeline which suggests that within a year AI could perform most tasks currently done by software engineers highlights growing concerns about job disruption and the need for strategic adaptation in the tech workforce.