Cisco gives 27-year-old engineer mandate to use AI to replace 98% of legacy code in 24 months
Key points
- Cisco plans to replace 98% of existing code with AI within 24 months
- Engineer Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy, 27, leads the project; the assignment came from Jeetu Patel
- According to Fortune, he has unrestricted AI token access and a four-week initial timeline
Cisco has given 27-year-old engineer Padmanabhan Krishnamurthy a project to replace 98% of its existing code with AI over 24 months, with unlimited AI resources. The assignment came from president and chief product officer Jeetu Patel. According to Fortune, he has unrestricted access to AI tokens and set himself an initial four-week timeline. The project has been announced and has not yet been executed.
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