Alphabet-owned DeepMind can now solve some coding problems as well as humans. That's amazing and a little disturbing. As a software engineer, I'm not concerned about losing my job just yet - a software engineer's work involves much work than occasional simple, tightly defined coding puzzles. But still, what a time to be alive.
https://gizmodo.com/deepmind-ai-google-alphacode-coding-1849869346
(I learned about this on The Naked Scientists podcast https://www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/naked-scientists-podcast/ai-passes-turing-test-and-new-drug-covid)