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Ok, well, rereading TFA again, it does seem to say that, but I took it as hyperbole. I'm not familiar with any of even the staunchest GenAI visionaries claiming:

> Why buy a CRM solution or a ERM system when “AI” can generate one for you in hours or even minutes?

Obviously that's a strawman argument that shouldn't be taken at face-value. AI-generated software is rapidly improving, but it will take some time until it can do that sort of work without human intervention. Extrapolating from METR's chart[0], we should expect a SotA AI to one-shot a modern commercial CRM in around the early 2030s. It's then up to anyone here to decide if that's something we should actively prepare for already (I personally think we should).

[0] https://metr.org/blog/2025-03-19-measuring-ai-ability-to-com...



Although that particular claim is sensational, the main argument does not depend on sensational claims.

The article is not straw-manning the AI argument, its steel-manning it: show me any improvement in software delivery after the invention of generative AI.

Apparently even that bar cannot be cleared....




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