Absolutely.
The programs and applications that we use to access AI are written in code.
The algorithms that are used to train models for machine learning are written in code.
The data that are collected, and the data wrangling that happens before that data is used in training is all done using computer programs.
Humans wrote that code.
We are very much in the infancy of AI. Many people do not even really know what it is, and in some cases, even engineers don’t know exactly how it works.
If we want to improve the way AI learns through machine learning, then we need to continue to improve our current algorithms and develop new ones. If we want to increase the accuracy, reduce the bias, and eliminate hallucinations, then we have to continue to make new tools and improve existing tools for managing AI. If we want to improve and expand the ways in which we use AI, then Computer Science, code, and programming will be how we do that.
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AI is just one type of modern application. There are unlimited types of programs that are programmed in code. AI is not the end-all of technology.
Think about how many other amazing breakthroughs and technologies we have seen over the years…. like the Internet, the automobile, TV, GPS, cell phones, airplanes, microwaves, printing press, and so on. And hasn’t every one of those technologies improved, gotten better, faster, safer, more efficient? We figured out how each one fits into society.
AI fits right into that list. It’s not over, in fact we are just beginning.
So, yes we still need Computer Science, code, programmers. We need people who understand what we have, at the technical level, so we can innovate, improve, build upon, iterate on, and make AI better, faster, safer, and more efficient.
Oh yeah, and we also have to figure out how AI fits into our society.