[gronglo]

Why is Meta still interviewing SWEs, is my question. Surely, at this point, an agent can beat any human candidate at any task. What am I missing?

[paxys]

You are missing the fact that an agent cannot beat any human candidate at any task.

[gronglo]

Mark Zuckerberg himself predicted that AI would replace all mid-level engineers at Meta by the end of this year, with senior engineers continuing to work on tasks such as planning and architecture. With the release of Claude 4 it feels like, if anything, he was too conservative with his prediction — we're already there, and Mark must know it. So what's he playing at?