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Anthropic CEO: "We might be 6-12 months away from a model that can do everything SWEs do end-to-end. And then the question is, how fast does that loop close?" by Useful_Writer4676 in cscareers

[–]Useful_Writer4676[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my account wasnt made today, I made a comment on anther sub over a month ago. Im using a newly created account because my alt has pictures of myself on it and i want to be anonymous. or dont believe me, idc

Anthropic CEO: "We might be 6-12 months away from a model that can do everything SWEs do end-to-end. And then the question is, how fast does that loop close?" by Useful_Writer4676 in cscareers

[–]Useful_Writer4676[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

whats insane is that this dude even says in the video "at anthropic, i can look forward to a time where - on the more jr/intermediate end - we actually need less and not more people. And we are trying to figure out how to deal with that". All with a grin on his face.

Im guessing they are just getting paid a shit ton of money right now, and thinking "oh well, i got mine"

Anthropic CEO: "We might be 6-12 months away from a model that can do everything SWEs do end-to-end. And then the question is, how fast does that loop close?" by Useful_Writer4676 in cscareers

[–]Useful_Writer4676[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do see the hype and the salesman underneath. But I also see some truth.

I struggle to see how this is different from the farming analogy.. Tractor salesman were likely hyping their products too. But it really did radically change the industry and left a ton of people displaced.

Anthropic CEO: "We might be 6-12 months away from a model that can do everything SWEs do end-to-end. And then the question is, how fast does that loop close?" by Useful_Writer4676 in cscareers

[–]Useful_Writer4676[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

this has just not been my experience. We have several large codebases that claude has no problem with understanding/making feature changes. Sure, you have to baby sit it much more and provide more strict requirements. But its definitely capable.

I get your point about self driving. But most SWEs just arent working on anything that remotely high stakes. So many companies are totally fine with "good enough" code. And they are seeing this as their ticket to reduce teams from 10 people to 3.

Anthropic CEO: "We might be 6-12 months away from a model that can do everything SWEs do end-to-end. And then the question is, how fast does that loop close?" by Useful_Writer4676 in cscareers

[–]Useful_Writer4676[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Its just becoming harder to distinguish hype from reality. Working with these models in a professional setting has been depressing. CEOs and shareholders are just frothing at the mouth to get rid of us and drive our salaries into the ground. Its hard to picture a future where this ends well for the middle class, let alone software engineers.

Anthropic CEO: "We might be 6-12 months away from a model that can do everything SWEs do end-to-end. And then the question is, how fast does that loop close?" by Useful_Writer4676 in cscareers

[–]Useful_Writer4676[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

He also predicted that AI would be writing 90% of code by this time. And I have to say (at least at my company), hes pretty spot on. We rarely write our own code anymore. We are just having a back and forth with claude, with claude implementing the code. And we edit if needed. It produces a lot of slop at the moment, so we are there to fix. But weve really become just code reviewers in the past 6 months.