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AI models are not yet equivalent to a fully automated software engineer and remain far from automating a full white-collar job.
Dwarkesh Patel · Dylan Patel – Anthropic & OpenAI will have most of the world’s compute by 2028 · 25 Aug 2026
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“I mean, I think a good intuition pump is just what if the AI models were literally as good as a fully automated software engineer?”
“They're not currently there yet,”
“Like, I think they're far from just being able to fully automate the job of like a full white collar worker.”Play from 17:38Report a misattribution
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