Anthropic's CEO says we're in the 'centaur phase' of software engineering

Amodei compared humans and AI working together to the mythical Centaur, a human-horse mule

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• Dario Amodei compared AI and humans working together to a mythical creature — the horse-and-human centaur.
• "We're already in our centaur phase for software," Amodei said.
• Software execs argue AI boosts engineer productivity, instead of cutting jobs.

Dario Amodei has a novel analogy to describe how AI and humans are working together.