AI Agents Have Senior Engineer Capabilities and Day-One Intern Context
TL;DR
Recent developments in AI have led to the creation of agents with capabilities rivaling those of senior engineers and interns on their first day. These AI agents are being tested for their potential to perform complex tasks.
Nauti's Take
Drop these agents into engineering without strict review loops and they start deciding feature value, not just writing code; their intern-day context memory becomes a liability the moment they extrapolate internal assumptions without senior oversight.