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Meet Devin AI software engineer. So is it out to get your job or not?

Devin AI: Here's how it works and what it is capable of

Updated on: Mar 18, 2024 09:49 AM IST
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Devin AI: Devin AI, an artificial intelligence software, which alters the way code is debugged, written and deployed has been launched by US-based startup Cognition. It is a first of its kind and has the ability of taking a simple command and turning it into a functioning website or software program, Cognition, backed by the Founders Fund, said.

Did you know that Devin AI passed engineering interviews?

Devin AI has the ability of taking a simple command and turning it into a functioning website or software program
Devin AI has the ability of taking a simple command and turning it into a functioning website or software program

The AI assistant has successfully passed several practical engineering interviews from the leading AI companies and has also completed real jobs on the freelancing platform Upwork.

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What is SWE-bench coding on which Devin AI is based?

The company said that Devin AI is on the SWE-bench coding benchmark, the company which is a dataset that comprises 2,294 software engineering problems that are extracted from authentic GitHub issues and their corresponding pull request.

What is Devin AI capable of?

Devin AI does not just complete and suggest code, it can also manage the whole process of creating and releasing whole software applications which large language models (LLMs) like Google's Gemini or OpenAI's ChatGPT are unable to do.

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How does Devin AI work? Just like a software engineer?

Yes Devin can collaborate with human engineers in real-time and provide updates, feedback, and contribute to even design choices.

Devin AI's demonstration

Here's a demonstration of Devin AI:

The company provided a demonstrations that shows off Devin AI's capability to quickly resolve errors by adding a print statement as it takes user feedback, provides real-time progress reports and collaborates on design choices as and when needed.

 
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