# Andrew Curran says all human-made software must be rewritten

> Original title: 'New names on new tablets.' Sam Altman said last month that frontier AI is now 'finding bugs that are outside of the normal threat model ...

- Source: Andrew Curran
- Published: 2026-11-09T18:00:30.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/a52veq3gw06go090s27xhfvaw
- Original: https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2119852644839928102

## Summary

Andrew Curran quotes Sam Altman saying frontier AI is finding bugs outside the normal hacker threat model and that patching all bugs is no longer possible. Curran argues that all human-made software must be rewritten, citing @poteto's call for a renaissance in programming language research and software verification.

## Post

'New names on new tablets.' Sam Altman said last month that frontier AI is now 'finding bugs that are outside of the normal threat model of what we think a hacker can do' and he no longer believes it is possible to patch all the bugs. All human made software must be rewritten.

## Quoted post @poteto

> we are entering a renaissance in programming language and runtime research, and a golden age of software testing and verification
> 
> it’s time to rewrite all software

https://x.com/poteto/status/2119824409087348984