TechAnthropic CEO Says AI Could Replace Software Engineers in 6 to 12 Months
X users flag that the statement dates back nine months and question its timing.
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unusual_whales posted that the Anthropic CEO says AI could replace software engineers in 6 to 12 months. Replies note the quote comes from a statement made nine months earlier. One reply references Dario Amodei saying last year that software engineers would go obsolete in a year and that AI would wipe out white-collar jobs such as lawyers and consultants. Other users point out repeated similar predictions and contrast them with reports that the company still seeks more engineers.
Anthropic CEO says AI could replace software engineers in 6 to 12 months
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Anthropic CEO Says AI Could Replace Software Engineers in 6 to 12 Months
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Sheel Mohnot@pitdesiThere are a lot of posts saying OpenAI “won” or Anthropic “lost” But if I’ve learned anything it’s to not count anyone out. First chair gets reassigned every few months!
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BL BlackHole@BH128@sairahul1 FALSE the claude couldn't even write a GRPC dispatcher correctly. In fact that thing can't write anything of moderate complexity correctly.
SY Sentient Yoghurt@fermentyog@swapnakpanda Software engineers obsolete in a year, right. My Claude workflow still saves me hours every sprint.
BU Burnera/c1234@C1234Burnera@Noahpinion They make dumb statements like these these every Tuesday.
DG David Gaus@DavidPGaus@vasuman That because they were using Copilot. It is horrible.
EU Elliott Ulrich@EllUlrich@vasuman Wow. What an article so much great information. Thank you!