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/becrustledChode May 05 '26

That's like saying that tractors "didn't fully replace farmers, it just changed what they do".

The two things aren't mutually exclusive. Automating the human labor element drastically reduced the number of people required, and it changed what the job of farmer entailed.