Is Devin AI a scam ?

PrimeCode
2 min readApr 16, 2024

On March 12th, cognition Labs founder Scott wu

Published a video on cognition Labs official X handle .

The video introduces Devin, an AI software engineer from Cognition AI, and demonstrates its capabilities by benchmarking Llama’s performance against different API providers. The video details Devin’s approach to the task, including planning, building the project using typical software engineering tools, and using a browser to access API documentation. When Devin encounters an unexpected error, it debugs the issue using print statements and error logs. Finally, Devin deploys a website to visualize the results. The video highlights recent advancements in AI reasoning and planning, noting that while there is much progress to be made, they are enthusiastic about the future. The video ends with an invitation for viewers to try Devin on their own projects.

"We developers think that this AI tool, created by a cognitive lab from the ground up, marks a revolution in the AI industry and could potentially impact software engineering jobs."

"Then something interesting happened: an OpenAI developer X handle post that ."

"This AI tool is a wrapper of GPT-4 Turbo."

"We know that ChatGPT cannot replace software engineers; instead, it helps increase their productivity by a hundred times."

"The conclusion is that Devin cannot replace any software engineer."

Jokes of the year goes to cognition Labs

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