What Sam Altman thinks about coding agents

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1. 10 Jun 2025

   Our readingAI agents can now do real cognitive work, and writing software is permanently changed as a result.

   AI agents

   Their words2025 has seen the arrival of agents that can do real cognitive work; writing computer code will never be the same.

   ↗The Gentle Singularityblog.samaltman.com