Engineers should be collaborators and not competitors with AI

Engineers can expertly collaborate with AI to achieve exponentially greater outcomes, says Adam Auerbach, VP, DevTestSecOps Practice at EPAM Systems, Inc.

Today, there is an expectation that engineers should understand how to use advanced tools and systems that leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate engineering tasks through automation. However, 71 percent of modern engineers are concerned that AI will replace them.

While their concerns are valid, the future of engineering is not one of competition (humans vs machines) but one in which AI and engineers are co-collaborators. In fact, by becoming proficient with AI, modern engineers will significantly enhance their capabilities while accelerating the software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Ways AI and engineers can collaborate

AI applications, like Microsoft Copilot, empower engineering teams to automate time-consuming tasks like writing code.  For experienced engineers, Copilot can be a powerful tool to lay the groundwork for their engineering tasks.  Once code is suggested, the engineer just needs to make simple edits to ensure the code meets the expected standard.  This way of working will allow engineers to redirect the time and effort spent on monotonous work to other business objectives to generate more value.

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