Big Tech’s Looming Capability Crisis (opens in new tab)

In 2016, Geoffrey Hinton argued that AI would soon replace radiologists, yet demand for radiologists has since surged. The reason, this article argues, is that AI reduced the cost of image analysis while increasing the value of complementary human capabilities: judgment, accountability, and apprenticeship. The same dynamic now applies to software engineering. Although AI can generate code cheaply and quickly, companies risk confusing code production with the broader work of engineering reliab...