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Re:We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler by direwolf20 on Friday February 06, 2026 @06:57AM (#46911786)
Because we've built a system where if you don't have a job, you die.
Re:We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler by jaccola on Friday February 06, 2026 @07:11AM (#46911867)
This is already hyperbolic; in most countries where software engineers or similar knowledge workers are widely employed there are welfare programmes.

To add to that, if there is such mass unemployment in this scenario it will be because fewer people are needed to produce and therefore everything will become cheaper... This is the best kind of unemployment.

So at best: none of us have to work again and will get everything we need for free. At worst, certain professions will need a career switch which I appreciate is not ideal for those people but is a significantly weaker argument for why we should hold back new technology.

Re:We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler by jelder on Friday February 06, 2026 @08:09AM (#46912391)
If you were to rank all of the C compilers in the world and then rank all of the welfare systems in the world, this vibe-coded mess would be at approximately the same rank as the American welfare system. Especially if you extrapolate this narcissistic, hateful kleptocracy out a few more years.
Re:We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler by j-bos on Friday February 06, 2026 @08:28AM (#46912574)
Breathe. please.
Re:We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler by direwolf20 on Saturday February 07, 2026 @07:39PM (#46930025)
Most of those welfare programs aren't very good, and most of that is on purpose, to make people get jobs at whatever cost.
Re:We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler by aurareturn on Friday February 06, 2026 @07:12AM (#46911872)
Did we build it or did nature?
Re:We tasked Opus 4.6 using agent teams to build a C Compiler by direwolf20 on Friday February 06, 2026 @08:31AM (#46912599)
We did.