Why would they still need them if "[f]rontier models now outperform developers on many tasks, be it on quality/readability/maintainability, and let’s not talk about speed"
If AI could outperform humans, Anthropic would NEVER release that model. Instead, they'd use it to create a new google, photoshop, office, windows, etc for cheap then undercut all those companies and taking over the entire software industry.
Why would they still need them if "[f]rontier models now outperform developers on many tasks, be it on quality/readability/maintainability, and let’s not talk about speed"
Because to replace a SWE you need them to reliably outperform developers on ALL tasks
That's some really fast goalpost moving.
If AI could outperform humans, Anthropic would NEVER release that model. Instead, they'd use it to create a new google, photoshop, office, windows, etc for cheap then undercut all those companies and taking over the entire software industry.
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But anthropic already had plenty of developers. Why would they actively need to hire more if the workload is all being automated?
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