New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- A social media user has sparked debate by claiming that software engineers will soon be jobless. The post comes amid growing concerns about artificial intelligence (AI) automating routine coding tasks.

"Software engineer as a career is coming to a close. It may be 5 years, or it may be 10, but we can all feel it, the end is beginning. May we go out in glory, joy, and celebration for the end of a wonderful industry. We'll have a lot of fun in these last few years," the user wrote on Twitter (now X).

The viral post, garnering 1.6 million views, has received mixed responses from social media users.

One of them wrote, "It's evolving, not dying. Just as transportation evolved from river barges to rail to trucking to ai...