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I have a feeling that a prompt accurate enough to cover all the important stuff (functional/non-functional requirements, certain business side restrictions etc) would be close in its volume and complexity to the actual software code and configuration (given the proper tools, frameworks and infrastructure in place)...

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You might be thinking too near-term. If a sufficiently advanced coding agent has read all the language specs, all the code, all the software engineering/architecture books, and all of human knowledge along with it, why would it need any longer prompt than "create complete video streaming infrastructure to compete with Netflix"?

The idea of AI capable of something like that seems to be on the verge of magical thinking.

But what would the consequences for the industry be? How many competitors to every major product appear overnight once such AI is released? Why would Netflix and others, being aware of such a thing, release any of their technology to public after approx. right now?

I suspect that in such environment any kind of knowledge sharing would stop, simply to keep technological advantage. I cannot imagine a world where everyone is equally capable. If anyone can do anything, does anything have any value at all?

You're asking the right questions. The impact of AI continuing on the trajectory it's been on for the past 2 years is immense. It is anyone's guess if some limit will be hit.

It won't be close. And result will be better. Anyway, this is different type of work

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