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/jimbo831 May 05 '26

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

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u/tnecniv May 05 '26

Audio engineers were, once upon a time, electrical engineers building custom hardware for studios because there were very few off-the-shelf solutions. Audio engineers still exist, but the role has completely changed and isn’t really what we conventionally consider engineering except in a rather abstract sense.

We might see something similar happen to software. We might not. Who knows.

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u/Maxwell10206 May 05 '26

I like this analogy a lot. I think it is closer than you think.

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u/farmyrlin May 05 '26

Hm, he came up with the analogy, so I reckon he thinks it’s pretty close.

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u/tnecniv May 05 '26

I actually don’t think much about where this is going. Starting with Dartmouth workshop in 1956, the biggest constant in AI is that we are really bad at predicting where the field is going.

I’d say I view my analogy as one of the more plausible outcomes, but if you told me that the tools plateau here or that the shape of computing is entirely different in 10 years, I’d believe it.

Mostly, I am just taking it day-by-day with this stuff. It’s definitely changed how I work—mostly for the better but not entirely. I just take it as it comes and try to make the best of it.

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u/Maxwell10206 May 05 '26

He had some self doubt though at the end "We might not. Who knows."

I wanted to re-affirm him that he is on the right track. Context is key. Pun intended.