Programming is a specialised trade like carpentry or metal working or ship building.<p>Of course you can build things with it. That&#x27;s what specialised trades are for.<p>That doesn&#x27;t mean everyone needs to learn how to be a carpenter or a brick layer or a mechanic or an architect. Most people just aren&#x27;t interested, and even if they are, they don&#x27;t have the mindset for it - never mind the time.<p>There <i>may</i> eventually be a way to get AI to the stage where people can &quot;program&quot; by telling an AI what they want, and leaving it to the AI to work out the details.<p>But that&#x27;s a long way off. (Amazon&#x27;s Echo is probably the closest thing for the moment.)<p>For now, the idea that most of the population is itching to play with build systems and scripting languages, or that their lives and&#x2F;or brains would be improved by same, is pure fantasy.