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Ask HN: Will agentic AI grow to handle technology leadership responsibilities?
I think it is now pretty clear what impact agentic AI has on coders. I am curious how technology leaders (e.g., software architects, staff engineers, senior developers, team leads) are changing how they work and what they are responsible for in organizations that have fully committed to agentic AI. Now that it is the AI that is writing the code...
Do we still need humans to manage tech debt?
Do we still need humans to review the AI output?
Do we still need humans to care about non-functional requirements such as scalability and fault tolerance?
Do we still need a human developer on call?
If you said “yes” to any of the above, then do you believe that it is only a matter of time until your answer would change to “no,” or do you believe that it would always be “yes, humans are needed.” Please elaborate on why.