AI Conference Highlights Shift in Software Engineering with Focus on AI Agents

I went to an AI conference and got a crash course in middle management

OpenAI's Ryan Lopopolo speaks onstage at AI Engineer Europe. AI Engineer Europe At a London AI conference for engineers, it was all about agents, agents, agents. One thing was clear: the role of a software engineer has changed dramatically. As agents move from coding to other domains, the future of work looks like a lot of management. I have seen the future of AI, and we are all managing agents. We are telling them where to go. What to look at. We are answering their follow-up questions. We...