4 sources healthy · latest episode 9 Nov 2026
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AIs can understand a new codebase much faster than humans but initially less deeply, and their depth of understanding is improving over time.

Ryan Greenblatt · Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research? · 11 Aug 2026

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“how fast AIs can like understand a new code base.”
“AIs can understand a new code base much faster than humans can,”
“but to a degree that's shallower than humans could currently understand,”
“but is getting better over time, right?”
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