AI widely automates software engineering

8.0 significance by Leopold Aschenbrenner Jobs December 2028

Why does it matter?

Wide software automation would hit one of the first large white-collar labor markets exposed to AI.

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By 2027/28, we will have models trained on the $100B+ cluster; full-fledged AI agents/drop-in remote workers will start to widely automate software engineering and other cognitive jobs. Each year, the acceleration will feel dizzying.

Leopold Aschenbrenner