AI surpasses the best human software engineers

10.0 significance by AI Futures Project Capabilities December 2028

Why does it matter?

Once AI out-codes the best engineers, the speed of AI progress stops being limited by human staffing.

Direct quote

My median for SC (the superhuman coder milestone, similar but somewhat stronger than the automated coder milestone) was 2030 as opposed to the model's output of Dec 2028, and I now think that the former looks more right.

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