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Re:AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing ... by nevertoolate on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @11:40AM (#43985860)
It is not that you get downvoted because they don’t understand you, it is because you sell your opinion as fact, like an apostle. For example what does it mean that software engineering is solved?
Re:AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing ... by squidbeak on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @12:15PM (#43986277)
> it is because you sell your opinion as fact.

The guy's making a prediction. Classifying it as some kind of religious zealotry isn't fair to his point or him.

Re:AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing ... by jpnc on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @11:44AM (#43985890)
Check his profile.

> about: I believe in the creation of a machine god

Sounds about right.

Re:AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing ... by linhns on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @02:10PM (#43987536)
I wonder if he’s a machine himself?
Re:AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing ... by sannysanoff on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @11:50AM (#43985974)
Prophets are always beaten by average citizens, because prophecy is always unpleasant. It can't be otherwise. At the same time, you can't tell right away whether a person is really a prophet, because it becomes known much later. That's probably why beating them (the simplest solution) turns out to be the most observed.
Re:AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing ... by handfuloflight on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @11:54AM (#43986024)
> because prophecy is always unpleasant.

Not necessarily. 'Gospel' is translated as good news. The unpleasant news tends towards those within the power structure that the prophet challenges.

Re:AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing ... by sannysanoff on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @11:45AM (#43985905)
it's known idiom, it means: optimal algorithm is found; like in "tic tac toe is solved problem".
Re:AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing ... by nevertoolate on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @01:01PM (#43986794)
If I squint I can see some connection between Go (game) and (Software) Engineering (field).