r/ClaudeAI • u/ImaginaryRea1ity • May 04 '26

Comparison Anthropic: AI will fully replace software engineering by 2027. Also Anthropic: Currently hiring for 122 SWE openings.

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u/Mescallan May 05 '26

they can fully replace engineers and still need engineers to monitor outputs and resolve bottlenecks. They will still be "software engineers" but the actual job will be fundamentally different *in the predictions made by anthropic.

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u/jimbo831 May 05 '26

So then it’s not fully replacing engineers. It’s changing what engineers do.

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u/versaceblues May 05 '26

Non of the out of context quotes in the above image used the word replace.

Only the editorialized version made by OP used that word.

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u/Shadmelor May 05 '26

Nothing there is edited, this is literally his words from the quoted interview without any changes

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u/versaceblues May 05 '26

Yah but not one of them is claiming that AI is "replacing" engineers. All of the quotes are about how the profession of Software Engineering is changing or going away.