Ofir Press's replacement test: Google Search running fully autonomously, no human engineers
OfirPress · x · 2026-10-25
Expanding on his claim that human SWEs have 20 years left, Ofir Press proposes a concrete benchmark: full replacement arrives only when a product like Google Search runs entirely autonomously — no human SWEs or SREs, just an army of agents plus human product/project managers.
Related event: Researcher: SWE Jobs Have Changed but Demand Persists for 20 More Years(4 posts)→
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