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AIs can understand a new codebase faster than humans, but their current understanding is less deep than the understanding humans can achieve.
Ryan Greenblatt · Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research? · 11 Aug 2026
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“AIs can understand a new code base much faster than humans can,”
“but to a degree that's shallower than humans could currently understand,”Play from 27:40Report a misattribution
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