New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- Sridhar Vembu has warned coders to look for alternative sources of livelihood as artificial intelligence technology gets better and better at generating new apps and websites without users having any technical knowledge.

In a post on X, Vembu cited the rapidly improving capabilities of AI models like Anthropic's Claude, which recently built an entire C compiler, as proof that the technology industry is shifting rapidly. Notably, a C compiler is a tool that translates human-written C programming language code into machine-readable instructions.

"At this point, it is best for those of us who depend on writing code for a living to start considering alternative livelihoods. I include myself in this. I don't say this in ...