SMRTR AIApr 16, 2025Hacker News

Can LLMs earn $1M from real freelance coding work?

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A recent OpenAI study assessed AI models' performance on real-world software engineering tasks, testing them on 1,400+ freelance jobs valued at over $1 million. The top-performing model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, completed 33.7% of tasks, earning about $403,000. AI fared better at management tasks than implementation. Multiple attempts and increased "reasoning effort" improved results. While showing progress, AI still struggles with most complex coding projects.

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