I think the idea that it's important to know how to code is going to be seriously challenged. I know I feel like the learning process and insight I gain is important, but I wonder if it is, beyond the subjective.

Like I'm sure the grad students working for Euler learned a ton generating logarithmic tables by hand, but it proved to be useless in the end. Could having a solid grasp on memory management/access in C be the same?

I think this is why obsolescence can be hard to predict.

Like if in 30 years all code is run and managed by ai bots, then all this debate about "it's important to know how to code!" will seem really silly.