# Why AI Will Not Replace All Network Engineers

DevFeed: [Why AI Will Not Replace All Network Engineers](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/worth-reading-ai-won-t-replace-network-engineers-11289.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2025/11/worth-reading-ai-replace-network-engineers/>)

Published: 2025-11-05T07:38:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [blog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [worth-reading](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/worth-reading.md>)

## AI overview

The article recommends Jason Gintert's explanation of why AI will not replace all network engineers. It argues that AI may make capable engineers more effective while exposing weaknesses in engineers whose value is limited to memorizing CLI commands or searching log files.

## Source excerpt

Jason Gintert published an excellent explanation why AI won't replace (all) network engineers, and reading it, I felt like reading one of my "automation won't replace network engineers" blog posts. Here's a quote to get you in the mood: AI will make good engineers better and will expose mediocre ones. If your value proposition is memorizing CLI commands or being a human grep for log files, then yes, you might need to be worried. Read more ...