Why I don't think AGI is imminent

Re:Why I don't think AGI is imminent by joquarky on Monday February 16, 2026 @12:38PM (#47037833)

> In my lived professional experience, that's not the case.

In mine it is the case. Anecdata.

But for me, this was over two decades in an underpaid job at an S&P500 writing government software, so maybe you had better peers.

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Re:Why I don't think AGI is imminent by krethh on Monday February 16, 2026 @07:45PM (#47042277)

I stated plainly: "we have no data about this". Vibes is all we have.

It's not just me though. Loads of people subjectively perceiving a decrease in quality of engineering when relying on agents. You'll find thousands of examples on this site alone.

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Re:Why I don't think AGI is imminent by reactordev on Tuesday February 17, 2026 @10:51AM (#47048829)

I have yet to find an agent that writes as succinctly as I do. That said, I have found agents more than capable of doing something.

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