I used a similar metaphor in the past referencing "They Machine Stops" [0] by E.M. Forster. Yes, in the near future, we will still be able to read code and figure out what it does. I work on legacy code all the time.
But in the long term, when experienced developers actually feel comfortable letting LLMs write large swats of code, or when the machine no longer needs to generate human readable code, then we will start forgetting how it works.
But in the long term, when experienced developers actually feel comfortable letting LLMs write large swats of code, or when the machine no longer needs to generate human readable code, then we will start forgetting how it works.
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43909111