Dario Amodei predicted software engineering automatable in 12 months — tech leaders say it's coming true
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-10-11
- Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei previously predicted AI models would handle 'most, maybe all' of what software engineers do end-to-end within 6–12 months, shifting engineers into editor roles.
- @musalbas quote-shared the prediction saying it has turned out '100% true', joking that software engineering should be renamed 'Agent Herder'.
- The exchange captures a widely felt industry sentiment about the pace of coding-agent progress, though such predictions remain debated.
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