"Code + Compiler" is going to disappear? Musk says: by the end of this year, AI may directly generate binaries.

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15/02/2026
Elon Musk predicted at the AI all-hands meeting that by the end of 2026, AI will completely bypass traditional programming and no longer write code, but instead directly generate binary programs. He believes that the efficiency of the binary files generated by AI can surpass any results produced by compilers. In other words, in the future, you will only need to tell AI, "Generate an optimized binary program for this specific goal," and you can skip the traditional programming process.