- Mark Zuckerberg said Meta will start automating the work of midlevel software engineers this year.
- Meta may eventually outsource all coding on its apps to AI.
- Meta also plans to replace fact-checkers with community notes and reduce DEI initiatives.
This year coding might go from one of the most sought-after skills on the job market to one that can be fully automated.
Mark Zuckerberg said that Meta and some of the biggest companies in the tech industry are already working toward this on an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience on Friday.
“Probably in 2025, we at Meta, as well as the other companies that are basically working on this, are going to have an AI that can effectively be a sort of midlevel engineer that you have at your company that can write code.”
It may initially be an expensive endeavor, but Zuckerberg said Meta will reach the point where all of the code in its apps and the AI it generates will also be done by AI. According to a salary tracking site, midlevel software engineers at the company now earn close to mid-six figures in total compensation.
Zuckerberg’s interview with Rogan came after a big week of changes for the company.
On Tuesday, Zuckerberg announced that Meta plans to replace third-party fact-checkers with community notes, similar to Elon Musk’s X, and bring back more political content. The announcement has elicited alarm from dozens of fact-checking groups, who signed an open letter to Zuckerberg saying the changes would be “a step backward” for the company.
Meta is also planning to roll back several of its DEI initiatives. In a memo sent to staff on Meta’s internal communications platform, Workplace, its vice president of human resources, Janelle Gale, wrote, “We will no longer have a team focused on DEI.”
