Devin AI: A Complete Game-Changer for the Software Engineering Industry

 

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AI can do many things: generate code, make music, write essays, make videos, but never has it ever gone as far as to have the potential to singlehandedly replace people's jobs; the outputs by the AI are often rudimentary and useless. However, Devin AI is here to completely revolutionize the software engineering market, being able to generate code, communicate effectively with us humans, do external research, pull API's from online, traverse GitHub, and so much more. In other words, this AI is capable of replacing a job that ideally pays upwards of $100,000 per year, or even over $200,000 for the more experienced.

What is Devin AI, and what is it capable of?

Devin AI, created by a small AI company named Cognition, is one of the first AI's to take over the job of a software engineer, being able to code, troubleshoot, solve problems, autonomously access the internet and do its own research as a human would, and so much more.

The user interface shows the Devin AI chat, the web browser that Devin is currently on to research your request and look for help / code online, its own code editor, and if you're building an app with Devin, the preview of the application. It also shows other windows as needed to follow up with your request, and it is capable of completely building an app from the base idea to publication. 

What's more, Devin can also troubleshoot and debug code, be it its own generated code or code that is given to it. When Devin gets any prompt, it goes through the steps in real time and debugs its code on the spot whenever it senses something wrong, something that would take a human anywhere from 10 seconds to a few hours depending on the type of bug and the skill level of the coder.

On Devin's website, there are multiple videos showcasing more of what Devin can do, as well as more information on the AI itself. One of the most intriguing videos in my opinion is when Devin builds a custom website for Conway's game of life.

Check out the site here (Opens in a new window).

What does this mean for the Software Engineering industry?

Although Devin isn't out to the public as of March 23, 2024, the date of this blog's publication, it holds the power to completely revolutionize the software industry. While Devin may not be entirely perfect and is still subject to error and weaknesses, this leap in the power of Artificial Intelligence is a signal that the jobs of software engineers are bound to change heavily, if not removed entirely. As I stated in a previous blog, the jobs pertaining to technology will never go away in the presence of AI; as old jobs go, new opportunities will arise and will only be offered to those who keep up with the speed of AI.

While the removal of these jobs may not seem good for these workers, it actually helps them in that it leaves more room for new innovations, with the AI taking care of the hard work that people are paid to do. The world is inevitably changing for the better (or worse) with these technologies, and the only way to take advantage of these leaps in technologies is to catch up with these technologies and find new ways to use AI for the betterment of our society.




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