AI code generation

3 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Apr 21, 2023 by Tomasz Tunguz · across every show →

Everything said about AI code generation, oldest first

Apr 21, 2023 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Apr 2033
Tunguz: AI Will Generate 70% to 80% of Code Within 10 Years
“I think it'll probably be 70 to 80%, and the reason I say that, I bet that 40%, a lot of it is what's called boilerplate code.”
Tomasz Tunguz Apr 21, 2023 ▶ 37:32 Tomasz Tunguz: How I Raised $230M; ChatGPT vs. Google; How LLMs Work; Trump vs DeSantis | E1004 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Nov 3, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Joelle Pineau: AI Code Generation Quality Will Be Excellent in 10 Years
“So you think of code generation, like right now we're in the phase we were for image 10 years ago. Yes, there's a lot of bad code that's getting generated. There's a lot of code that will get thrown away, but wait another 10 years and I think the quality of th…”
Joelle Pineau Nov 3, 2025 ▶ 39:31 Cohere's Chief AI Officer, Joelle Pineau: Why Scaling Laws Will Continue & Future of Synthetic Data · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Jul 11, 2026 negative
Insight
Jain: Massive AI-generated codebases become unmaintainable over time
“When you write code, for example, with AI you know, we, you know, you can write like, you know, a million lines of code but it becomes incredibly hard to actually maintain it and understand it and manage it over time.”
Arvind Jain Jul 11, 2026 ▶ 25:03 ⁠Why OpenAI and Anthropic Won't Win the App Layer | Glean Founder · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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