AI agents may need more verification engineers than developers, like chips did
ai · x · 2026-10-10
Kevin Gubbil predicts AI agents will eventually need more verification/assurance engineers than developers, often using agents to test other agents. He cites a 2024 Siemens EDA/Wilson Research survey: the average IC/ASIC project peaked at 13 design vs 15 verification engineers, with designers spending 49% of their time on verification — a pattern agents may repeat as complexity grows.
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