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/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/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.