Predictionsby GlyphWithin three to six months, AI will be writing 90 percent of the code.
Dario Amodei, Anthropic
we are not far from the world [...] I think we'll be there in three to six months [...] where AI is writing 90 percent of the code.
- Who
- Dario Amodei, CEO, Anthropic
- Made
- Mar 10, 2025 1 year ago
- Target
- Sep 10, 2025 1 year ago (stated as "three to six months")
- Status
- Due for review14 months ago
- Source
- CFR CEO Speaker Series with Dario Amodei (transcript) Primary: their own words
- Topics
- Coding
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