Anthropic CEO Answers the Question Everyone Cares About Most: Should You Still Learn Programming Now? 1. Programming will be the first to be eliminated. AI models are already doing this. Broader software engineering tasks will take a bit longer, but they're also receding. If you're learning programming just to keep your job, you're heading in the wrong direction. 2. Even if you only do 5% of the work, it still has value. AI does 95%, you do 5%, and your productivity can increase 20-fold. The power of comparative advantage is astonishing, even with huge gaps. 3. The most promising careers are human-centered. Jobs that combine interpersonal skills, the physical world, and analytical abilities. He cited radiologists as an example: doctors who understand patients and context, not just those who can read scans. 4. Critical thinking may be the most important skill in the next decade. When AI can generate anything, the ability to discern truth from falsehood becomes scarce and precious. You don't want to hold false beliefs or be deceived. This is his practical advice to 25-year-old young people. 5. If you don't use AI well, it will make you dumber. Anthropic has done related research. Depending on how you use the models, the decline in coding ability is measurable and real. The problem isn't the tool—it's misuse. 6. He's bullish on semiconductors as capitalism's victory in the next decade. The physical world, traditional engineering, direct AI dividends. Not software, but chips.