I’ve wondered the same, but with programming languages. However, there are a couple of reasons why I think programming languages and libraries will be important.

Most importantly, imagine a timeline where no one has invented any programming language beyond assembly. I think an LLM would have difficulties implementing complex programs in assembly without a bunch of supporting libraries.

Sure, the LLM might be able to make the libraries eventually (will it actually know them all without ANY domain knowledge from a human?) but it would take a lot of time and money to do that. And really, you’re still creating libraries, the only question is if you share them or not.

Another thing is that human written code can be much better than what the AI would write. For example, saw it basically duplicate the same complex operation three slightly different ways instead of just abstracting that away in a function.