About whether Claude can write coherent code on its own, as Anthropic's CEO claimed.
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About whether Claude can write coherent code on its own, as Anthropic's CEO claimed.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
i’m all for ambition and tenacity, but this is psychopath level communication… blissfully unaware, simply incapable of reading the room
if claude still can’t yet write and refactor coherent code (on its own, replacing software engs, just like he said last year), why would we expect it to… fucking cure cancer?