Ethan Mollick says coding agents are transforming programming faster than expected
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Ethan Mollick says the coding profession is already changing through coding agents, less than a year after working coding agents appeared.
In an X post on November 11, 2026, he calls coding the exception to slow AI adoption in professions and says the pace is faster than he would have expected given historical adoption rates.
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Ethan Mollick@emollickXEthan Mollick says coding agents are transforming the profession faster than expectedAIEthan Mollick says coding is the counterexample to slow AI diffusion, with the profession's transformation well underway less than a year after working coding agents appeared. He says the pace is faster than he would have expected given historical adoption rates in professions.
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