Will's Blog: Research: AI's ability to complete long and complex software engineering tasks doubles every 6-7 months, but there is a "messiness tax" for real-world tasks (Boaz Barak/Windows On Theory)

5 November 2025

Research: AI's ability to complete long and complex software engineering tasks doubles every 6-7 months, but there is a "messiness tax" for real-world tasks (Boaz Barak/Windows On Theory)

Boaz Barak / Windows On Theory:
Research: AI's ability to complete long and complex software engineering tasks doubles every 6-7 months, but there is a “messiness tax” for real-world tasks — METR has had a very influential work by Kwa and West et al on measuring AI's ability to complete long tasks.

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