AI can build features, but defining requirements and design remains the gap
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Indigo (@indigox), writing on X, argues that current AI can quickly implement or replicate software features, but the work of clearly defining requirements and describing design is still missing.
The author expects this gap to persist.
The author's scenario is that as requirements become more abstract, humans may only specify goals and check results while agents handle implementation. In that case, the software's underlying logic would exist as model-generated tokens rather than as human-specified design. This is the author's projection, not an established outcome.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 9, 2:42 AM ET
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- indigoAI can build features, but defining requirements and design remains the gap
AICurrent AI can quickly implement or replicate features, but clearly defining requirements and describing design is still missing, and the author expects this gap to persist. As requirements grow more abstract, humans may only specify goals and check results while agents handle implementation, leaving the software's logic layer as model-generated tokens.
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