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REVIEW: MEASURING AI ABILITY TO COMPLETE LONG SOFTWARE TASKS

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Summary from the TLDR Dev newsletter

The "time horizon" metric measures AI progress by the time a human expert needs to complete a task that an LLM can now solve, with success rates currently doubling every seven months. While this suggests AIs may soon tackle month-long expert tasks, these benchmarks often overlook the complex, non-automated realities of real software development.