We are joined by our long time friend Westley, who shares his journey through defense tech with us. We discuss the onslaught of recent AI news and how everyone seems to have an opinion on AI replacing software engineers.

Show notes:

• AI Model updates – Grok 3 benchmarks, Sonnet 3.7 and Claude Code
• OpenAI Roadmap
• New companies from Ilya & Mira Murati
• Junior Engineers can't code
• Analysis of Microsoft AI vs. critical thinking paper
• Meta AI data center project
• Apple AI infra investments
• Covid SWE jobs vs HR
• Sahil on not hiring junior + mid-level eng
• Anthropic Economic Index results
• Why is Everyone Trying to Replace Software Engineers?
• Silicon Valley Engineers Can't Find Jobs
• Westley's company, Trillium is hiring!