Introduction: The Current State of LLMs and the Promise of Autonomy

Recently, an announcement was made concerning the creation of the first autonomous software developer—amid multiple other similar announcements. As someone deeply involved in working with large language models (LLMs), I can assert two key points: First, such developments are inevitable at some point in the future. Second, the present does not yet embody this future, and I harbor significant skepticism regarding the uniqueness of their creation compared to existing...