OpenAI estimates that Github’s Copilot can already complete 37% of coding tasks. DeepMind’s AlphaCode is estimated to be 59% better at coding competitions than Codex. Will automation start in 2023?
You said this in the article too, but why does being better at coding competitions, where there are very specific rules and outcomes, mean this AI can work in the very abstract realm of software development. And forgive me if OpenAIs estimates of its own product it’s trying to sell isn’t exactly convincing. It looks like you were a former PM, and to be frank, until an AI can wade through confusing conversations with PMs to figure out what actually needs to be built, engineer jobs are safe.
As useful as Copilot has been 37% paints an untrue picture. It helped with 80% of copy paste tasks that repeat in a pattern. For data seeding thousand line files.. super helpful. In other areas it can create tough bugs instead of solving them.