"Tech CEOs are making ambitious claims about AI's coding capabilities. In March, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said "we'll be there in three to six months where AI is writing 90% of the code." Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg predicted in April that for one project "in the next year probablymaybe half the development is going to be done by AI." Executives of Amazon, Google and Microsoft have also highlighted large language models' (LLMs') abilities to generate code."
"AI tools have changed how coding works for some developers and there are now fewer of the most junior software engineers. But despite the dramatic rhetoric, AI in software engineering might not mean a new age of automation. After months of sitting on the sidelines, software engineer Colton Voege finally tried out AI tools for his work. He remembered watching a podcast where leaders of tech startup incubator Y Combinator which helped Voege launch a company - touted AI's "incredible productivity"."
"In an interview with NPR, Boris Cherny, head of Anthropic's Claude Code unit, said "most code is written by Claude Code," but declined to provide a percentage. "We're still working on the science to make sure we can give a really precise number." Cherny was also clear that no matter how much AI is actually used, "Every line of code should be reviewed by an engineer.&quo"
Tech leaders predict rapid growth in AI-written code, with claims that large percentages of development will be AI-generated within months to a year. AI tools have already altered coding practices for some developers and reduced the number of very junior engineers. Many engineers find AI useful for quick, throwaway tasks and shortcuts but report few lasting efficiency gains. Other engineers describe untangling AI-generated code or feeling pressure to claim AI usage. Anthropic's Claude Code leader said most code is written by Claude Code but emphasized that every line still requires engineer review.
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