Chollet says AI coding agents shift bottlenecks rather than reduce engineering work

AIFrançois Chollet says software engineering demand and headcount are higher than in 2025, and engineers work harder than ever even though agents now write nearly all code. He argues companies' bottom lines are typically unchanged by AI adoption. He concludes that automating one part of a system creates new friction and moves bottlenecks elsewhere.

AIFrançois Chollet says there are more software engineers now than in 2025, and they work harder than ever even though agents write nearly all the code. He argues companies' bottom line has not changed with AI adoption, so automating one part of a system moves the bottlenecks elsewhere.