Re:Dario Amodei – "We are near the end of the exponential"
by threethirtytwo on Monday February 16, 2026 @05:12PM
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We're only not letting go because it's not quite there yet. Once AI is there, someone will let go, and to keep up with everyone else, you'll let go too.
Wait a bit longer and the next thing that's let go after you "let go" is you.
Re:Dario Amodei – "We are near the end of the exponential"
by bluegatty on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @11:52PM
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No, there's something missing.
We have very good abstractions for algorithms and especially functions.
Functions are an extremely good 'contract'.
With good functional programming you can totally 'let go' of the internals.
But classes and modules are not that - we don't have the abstractions.
We can't just let go of the AI designating all sorts of mechanics - unless - they are using really common patterns.
So without ways to really describe the patterns and without common patterns to rest on ... the AI can't really get there.
Re:Dario Amodei – "We are near the end of the exponential"
by threethirtytwo on Thursday February 19, 2026 @11:11PM
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Fp is orthogonal to this. Speaking of which AI can do fp. You can let it off the leash and it can execute fp.
This is a key insight, I'm unable to get around this.
It's the thing I require to have before I let go, and I want to make sure it's easy to grasp again aka clear in the docs.
Basically - the sys architecture, the mental model for key things, even the project structure, you have to have a pretty good feel for.