say hello to the first AI launched by Cognition Labs, Devin AI can Code entire projects, Complete Upwork jobs, can Fix issues in large repos and Deploy in a sec.
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Content
- what is ‘DEVIN AI’
- What it can do
- video of Cognition Chief Executive Scott Wu is explaining how the new AI works
- performance of Devin according to the SWE-bench
- limitations
- Brain behind the Devin AI
- about the founders
- conclusion
What is DEVIN AI
Devin AI is world’s first fully autonomous software engineer launched by a startup based in US named cognition labs. Devin, is funded by Peter Thiel’s founders fund, former CEO of PayPal
What it can do
- Devin is a quick learner, it can learn overtime, it can correct error and fix it. it can learn how to use an unfamiliar technology
- Devin is equipped with popular tools such as shell, and code editor. It can add features as they are requested by the user before deploying the app to Netlify.
- a single command on this AI can create a fully functioning website and software program.
- it can collaborate with users t gives real time update, accept comment and can give design decision .
below is the video from cognitions lab where Cognition Chief Executive Scott Wu is explaining how the new AI works .how it train its own software
the performance of Devin according to the SWE-bench is 13.86% highest among Claude 2, SWE- LIama 13B, SWE- LIama -7, GPT 4, and GPT 3.5.
currently Devin AI is in early stage but it has surely triggered uneasiness to engineers due to its amazing abilities.it surely is bad news for software engineers. as every AI is useful but there are also limitation or drawbacks. lets look at some of the drawbacks or limitation of Devin AI.
limitations
- problem in understanding: Devin AI might struggle in understanding human language which can eventually lead in misinterpretation of instructions.
- creativity: Devin AI can only work on given existing data, where as human brain can generate new ideas.
- dependency: output of Devin AI is depend on its input quality of data, wrong data can produce the wrong result.
- security at high risk: Devin AI can have high security issues as it contains large amount of data.
Brain behind the Devin AI
an ‘AI lab focused on reasoning’, as they call itself is founded by scott wu CEO along with its two co-founders Steven Hao, the CTO, and Walden Yan, the chief product officer.
About the founders
Scott wu 27, born in 1997 age 27 is from Louisiana, United States, he got inspired by his brother Neal Wu, who is an accomplished math enthusiast and skilled coder. Neal wu is also a team member building cognition lab .
He studied economics at Harvard University and moved to San Francisco to set up his company, along with his brother, Scott Wu also participated in many coding competitions and gained the title of ‘legendary grandmaster’.
Scott wu was also a co-founder of a Lunchclub which is an AI super connector that makes introductions for 1:1 video meetings. Company is backed by Lightspeed, Coatue, and a16z.
conclusion
in short Devin AI can help us a lot and is better at handling data at large amount but it lacks the creativeness of human brain, deeper understanding.to make the most of Devin AI, it can be used as a helping hand, by which the problem can be solve faster and can save time while increasing productivity.
Using Devin AI as a tool, not a replacement, we can make progress in technology.
