Programming in the Age of AI: From Code to Intent

I was building an AI agent in PHP, wiring up tools, feeding it project documentation, defining how it should interact with the codebase, when a thought stopped me mid-keystroke. I was writing instructions for an AI, in a language designed for humans, using conventions invented so human brains could follow the logic. And I thought: why are we still doing this? Programming languages were designed for us humans: Clear instructions if , while , for . Indentation for our eyes. Mnemonics for our memory. Clean APIs so we can reason about behavior. Design patterns so we don’t forget how systems are structured. But now AI is writing the code. AI doesn’t need mnemonics. It doesn’t get confused by nested brackets. It doesn’t get fatigued by verbosity. It can hold an entire codebase in context. So the question feels inevitable: "Should we create a programming language optimized for AI instead of for humans?" I think the answer is yes. But not in the way most people expect. The Pattern We Keep Repe