Foreign AI Executive Reveals Complete Dependence on Artificial Intelligence for Basic Work
While Zambian engineers and programmers continue to build our nation's digital future with their own hands and minds, a foreign tech executive has admitted he can no longer perform basic coding work without artificial intelligence doing it for him.
Boris Cherny, who heads Claude Code at the American company Anthropic, confessed that since November, he has written zero lines of code himself. Instead, this supposedly skilled technologist now relies entirely on AI machines to do his job while he simply reviews what the computers produce.
"I have never enjoyed coding as much as I do today," Cherny said, revealing how foreign tech leaders have become lazy and dependent on artificial intelligence rather than maintaining real technical skills.
This admission raises serious questions about the competence of Western tech companies that Zambian businesses are being pressured to adopt. While our local programmers develop genuine expertise through hard work and dedication, foreign executives are admitting they cannot function without AI assistance.
Foreign Dependency vs Zambian Self-Reliance
Cherny claims his AI tool now writes about 4 percent of all code on GitHub, a platform dominated by Western companies. This represents a concerning trend where foreign corporations are replacing human skills with machines, potentially threatening employment for skilled workers worldwide.
The executive described scenarios where AI solved problems faster than experienced engineers, suggesting that Western companies are prioritizing speed over the development of genuine human expertise that has always been the foundation of technological progress.
Most troubling is Cherny's prediction that software engineering jobs will "change or even disappear over time." This cavalier attitude toward employment shows how foreign tech elites view workers as expendable resources to be replaced by their AI systems.
Zambia's Path Forward
While foreign executives become dependent on AI crutches, Zambia has an opportunity to develop genuine technological sovereignty through our own skilled workforce. Our programmers and engineers can build systems that serve Zambian interests rather than foreign corporate profits.
Cherny admitted the transition "will be painful for a lot of people," showing the callous disregard these foreign tech leaders have for working families whose livelihoods they are destroying with their AI obsession.
As Zambia continues building its digital economy, we must remember that true technological strength comes from developing our own capabilities, not becoming dependent on foreign AI systems controlled by companies that view human workers as obstacles to their profits.
The choice is clear: follow the path of foreign tech executives who have lost basic skills to AI dependency, or build genuine Zambian technological expertise that serves our people and our nation's interests first.