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AI Engineers: The Last Job Standing Before the AI Apocalypse?

Coders were supposed to be AI-proof. Turns out, they're building their own replacements—and might be next.

Aisha Patel 📅 Mar 19, 2026 ⏱️ 3 min read 👁️ 6 views

⚡ Key Takeaways

AI Engineers automate others into oblivion, but code agents may eat their jobs last.
All agents boil down to coding cores with add-ons, hitting 50%+ software use cases already.
GPT-5.4 boosts agentic power despite costs, accelerating the shift.

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#AI engineers #Jevons Paradox #coding agents #job automation

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