They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pascal 7

Re:They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pas... by andsoitis on Saturday November 07, 2026 @12:39PM (#50406391)

> It’s that we shouldn’t depend on AI always being available.

I made the general tech-dependence statement, but it sounds like you think it is only AI tech that shouldnt' depend on. I wouldn't worry about it; humanity has proven itself to be INCREDIBLY resilient and adaptable when the things we've come to depend on go away or change materially.

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Re:They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pas... by hnlmorg on Saturday November 07, 2026 @12:51PM (#50406473)

We aren’t just talking about technology, we are talking about knowledge.

Like I said, I have zero issue being “AI first”. 90% of my day-to-day is using AI. But the part I objected to in the OP was “we don’t need to know things because we have AI” (to paraphrase. So I was asking the question: what if AI goes away?

I agree humans are resilient. But that’a not a good excuse for complacency.

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Re:They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pas... by andsoitis on Saturday November 07, 2026 @03:36PM (#50407815)

I think local AI will distribute the knowledge across the planet, avoiding a single point of failure.

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Re:They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pas... by hnlmorg on Saturday November 07, 2026 @06:15PM (#50408959)

I think we are still a long way from that becoming an option due to the cost of hardware to run even the lower end models. But I do like this prediction of yours

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