Researcher grades his own 16 AI predictions nine months on
avt_im · x · 2026-09-13
Nine months after publishing 16 AI predictions, Alexander Terenin grades each one: what he got right, what he got wrong, and whether progress outpaced or lagged his expectations.
- First prediction: software engineering transforms almost overnight — LLMs write most code; better speed and quality in the right hands.
- But it won't eliminate the job: communication, prioritization, and org politics matter more, making the work more social.
- Managing coding agents becomes a core skill.
Each prediction gets a verdict: correct, partially correct, incorrect, or too early to tell — a systematic personal retrospective on the pace of AI progress.
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