Is a task really automated if someone has to go check the output / monitor it ex-post? Imo the proxy of AI success isn’t Anthropic/OAI revenues as everyone should expect a period of crazy experimentation which results in a high growth rate w.r.t revenues . The right proxy is the unemployment rate.

The kind of automation in software engineering already happened in finance yonks ago fellas - it’s called spreadsheet macros and presentation templates - they’ve been using boiler plate and filling gaps before you guys. Hello? Lol