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PARTIALStated February 12, 2024
Jensen HuangCEO, Nvidia
"Over the last 10–15 years, everybody… said you should learn computer science, everybody should learn how to program — and in fact it's almost exactly the opposite… nobody has to program, and the programming language is human."
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Verdict
Partially correct
Deadline in claim
Present-tense claim about the near term

Assessment

Analysis: AI coding assistants did make programming far more accessible, but demand for software engineers and the value of coding skills persisted through mid-2026 — “nobody has to program” has not borne out. Scored partial.

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