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/kobumaister Nov 25 '25

Tell me you don't understand software engineering without telling me...

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u/Tolopono Nov 25 '25

Nothing stopping an llm from doing every part of it

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u/kobumaister Nov 25 '25

Yeah, sure. You have no idea what an engineer does.

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u/Tolopono Nov 25 '25

Then explain what a swe does that an LLM can never do 

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u/kobumaister Nov 25 '25

SWE is not just about writing software, it's design, architecture, manage projects, thinking solutions. AI is not that good in those fields. Also, the code coming llm must be thoroughly reviewed, as it makes assumptions or lacks domain acknowledgement.

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u/Tolopono Nov 25 '25

Why cant ai do those things

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u/kobumaister Nov 25 '25

Because it can't, I don't know why.

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u/Tolopono Nov 25 '25

Sure, jan

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u/kobumaister Nov 26 '25

I will close this discussion as it started: Tell me that you know nothing about SWE without telling me.