Google CEO Says 25 Percent of Its Code Is Now AI-Generated
Futurism
Alphabet Q3 2024 earnings call (remarks published on Google's blog)
“Today, more than a quarter of all new code at Google is generated by AI, then reviewed and accepted by engineers. This helps our engineers do more and move faster.”
Sundar Pichai29 October 2024- What you'll lose3/5
A quarter of engineers' work, already AI's.
- Condescension0/5
Plain enough.
- Tone-deafness2/5
Good news for the earnings call.
- Doom0/5
None.
- Hypocrisy0/5
None.
Full time5 pitchforksof a possible 25
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The occasion
Alphabet Q3 2024 earnings call (remarks published on Google's blog), 29 October 2024.
Context
In his prepared remarks on the quarterly results Pichai said AI was already writing a large share of Google's new code, with engineers reviewing it.
Crowd reaction
Critical commentary
Weak. Futurism questions the claim ('wouldn't it be faster and far less tedious to just let the programmers do their jobs?', 'the emperor has no clothes'); most other coverage was straight reporting. Included so the lead can decide.
- Primary source, earnings-call
- Google (The Keyword): Alphabet Q3 earnings call: CEO Sundar Pichai's remarks
- Futurism: Google CEO Says 25 Percent of Its Code Is Now AI-Generated
- Windows Central: Alphabet CEO says "More than a quarter of all new code at Google is generated by AI"
- Where the exact words are printed