--- title: Are ChatGPT and AlphaCode going to replace programmers? description: AlphaCode is an AI system that can often compete with humans at solving simple computer-science problems. Google sister company DeepMind, an AI powerhouse... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/are-chatgpt-and-alphacode-going-to-replace-programmers--hnozbvabv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Are ChatGPT and AlphaCode going to replace programmers? | daily.dev og:description: AlphaCode is an AI system that can often compete with humans at solving simple computer-science problems. Google sister company DeepMind, an AI powerhouse... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/are-chatgpt-and-alphacode-going-to-replace-programmers--hnozbvabv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hNozbvabV.png og:image:alt: Are ChatGPT and AlphaCode going to replace programmers? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Are ChatGPT and AlphaCode going to replace programmers? **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 2 min read · 22 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary AlphaCode is an AI system that can often compete with humans at solving simple computer-science problems. Google sister company DeepMind, an AI powerhouse based in London, released the tool in February. It has now published its results in Science1, showing that AlphaCode beat about half of humans at code competitions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@kishon** · 3 upvotes > I dont think so, but they are a great bot to ask to when the seniors are too busy to help... not only the programmers but also to scholars. **@aa32808** · 2 upvotes > This 'replace' narrative is beyond annoying. Why can't this just be another tool for us to utilize? --- Tags: [#tools](https://daily.dev/tags/tools), [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#science](https://daily.dev/tags/science), [#chatgpt](https://daily.dev/tags/chatgpt) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/are-chatgpt-and-alphacode-going-to-replace-programmers--hnozbvabv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Are ChatGPT and AlphaCode going to replace programmers?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/are-chatgpt-and-alphacode-going-to-replace-programmers--hnozbvabv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/are-chatgpt-and-alphacode-going-to-replace-programmers--hnozbvabv"},"datePublished":"2022-12-10T17:01:22.038Z","dateModified":"2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z","description":"AlphaCode is an AI system that can often compete with humans at solving simple computer-science problems. 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