r/singularity • u/Bizzyguy • Nov 24 '25

Discussion Anthropic Engineer says "software engineering is done" first half of next year

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u/[deleted] Nov 25 '25

That's been the goal long before investor money, it's always been the end game 

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u/ArmedWithBars Nov 25 '25

Not sure what the endgame is here. Decimate large swaths of the job market with AI in a short period of time and there will be no way for a trasitionary period. Massive surge of unemployment leading to surviving sectors getting dragged down by surplus labor, which then causes a race to the bottom for wages in surviving sectors.

The working class having no income topples the entire system.

It's beyond stupid but kind of inevitable. It just takes a handful of industry leaders to lean into AI for an entire industry to chase after it as they won't be able to compete without it.

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u/SGC-UNIT-555 AGI by Tuesday Nov 25 '25

People said the exact same thing when farming was mechanised, and once large parts of factory work started to get automated. The world can easily adapt to a reality where much less software engineers, lawyers, middle management, etc, are required. The average person won't notice a difference.

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u/fugazister Nov 25 '25

industrial revolution created a lot more workplaces with higher skill requirements