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Things that work for your kids don’t necessarily work for all kids.
The point is that while good to remember, and specifically Fred Brook’s “No Silver Bullet” article about it, there are second order effects.
If coding becomes 100x cheaper, what’s going to happen next? At least to some degree, design and planning was there since coding is expensive. (Not just coding, debugging also got squashed by AI and was an expensive part of the job)
This is why the original comment seems pretty spot on, organizations will learn how to skip more phases, and startups are probably a place where this will be happening faster. (Not clearly though, a lot of big tech are happy tokenmaxxing to try and not stay behind those startups when they come)
The assembly community is not thriving, and an arithmetic community is not a thing.
It’s a lacking metaphor, sure. But it points to how these processes have happened many times before.
The author disses these new concepts as “shallower”, but in reality they reality they’re just newer.
What they consider deep discussion of compilers (as if that’s a big part of software engineering and not a niche that interested 0.01% of them) is the result of decades of building the field.
Will AIs build a deeper field or act differently, I do not know. But it feels like the author is mostly discussing the current state of the world, and to me that states feels as if it’s just a repeat of history.
I think CEOs could honestly say it a year ago, but by now the numbers of those who say so should be dwindling.
Recent surveys by BCG and others suggest things have changed.
Personally, I know many people in different fields who’ve seen crazy speed ups in many of their tasks.
- travel research for places where I need an apartment with requirements one cannot just filter for
- gardening tips based on photos of my plants
- financial planning (similar tips to what I would get for more money, without paying per hour until I know much more)
- take photo of all physical spam and have me removed from the list
and many more…
If the access to this product went away I will survive, but it will be annoying and waste my time.
It’s clear why Amazon is doing this from a business perspective, but this is a stop gap for them. They will need figure out a better plan for people using their agents.
Ran Codex, it found it for 18% less than what I found in the top Google results. It did it by finding smaller shops, applying a discount code, subscribing to a newsletter for a better code after approval, and took into account the shipping (by placing it in the cart and going to checkout) all to get me the best price.
I’m guessing without it I would have spent much more time on it and paid the original price I saw.
If you use AI agents well, they can easily save you more money than they cost, and saving money is something most people are pretty excited about.
(Disclosure: OpenAI employee)
1. Have it build a scoring script that penalizes words outside a simple English list and approved jargon. Penalize sentences over 15 words as well. Add whatever else.
2. Run it in a loop to reduce the score while preserving intention
This works much better than other ways I’ve tried. Of course it costs more. And I would apply it only to the output to the user, not the thinking process (I think the AI thinks better with their crazy English)
Of course, sometimes nuance is lost by this process. That’s just the nature of making things simpler.
That is to say that I don’t think the economics work. You’re better off offering free Ubers. And I doubt that will solve many issues.
The initial US goals clearly were: 1. Regime change 2. Denial is of nuclear weapons
It’s also clear these goals were not achieved. So the US changed tactics and goals. (Same as Russia no longer plans on capturing Kiev it seems)
Most likely the US is stalling for time due to oil markets and has the same intentions as before, limited only by current capability.
It’s just used to be more expensive to hire someone to do it for you.
The altered images always e free stirs the same bright walls and grey magazine style furniture.
AI is just making it cheaper, but this was bound to happen.
(Images altered this way do have a small watermark stating so)
The world’s biggest software is usually built over endless adapters of different data and a need to reconcile endless edge cases with laws, regulations and real world complexities.
Avoiding E2EE is less PR hassle to Meta than having it.
As a supporter, I must admit the E2EE interest groups have not had the upper hand recently (if ever)
I think this in the previous comment undervalue just how many more complicated ways there are for corruption to bubble.
Assume super strict rules. Consider this example to circumvent them: Senator-elect A makes an LLC and invest their money (with some friends) in it (before taking office)
They can’t even talk to the money manager. But the manager can see their actions, and the senator can know their ow investments and work in their favor.
And also. Up to a certain point is still a correlation. Getting a lot of downvotes by people not knowing what a correlation is.
Their teachers teach them from a very early age how to hold a carton, and how to draw.
Maybe some miraculous humans will reinvent all drawing of growing by themselves in the jungle, most people will not.
Source: I have kids.
I just recently used for image generation to design my balcony.
It was a great way to see design ideas imagined in place and decide what to do.
There are many cases people would hire an artist to illustrate an idea or early prototype. AI generated images make that something you can do by yourself or 10x faster than a few years ago.
Negotiations were clearly Stuck between the sides, forcing the obvious next stage.
This is simplified. But I think touches the core events.
It still is naive no matter the quote though.
It’s also naive to dump down the conflict to being over oil. Oil is being used as leverage. But it is not the cause of it.
It wasn’t bankrolled with billions for the good of society.
Being naive is fun, but being realistic about the species we are is better. And it seems we can leverage that to land on the moon. So it’s working as intended.
Being indicted for treason and treason like charges sounds worse than the SEC coming after you.
I think it’s unrealistic to expect them to come back from that pit to the top in one year, but I wouldn’t rule them out getting there with more time. That’s a possible future. They have the money and Zuckerberg’s drive at the helm. It can go a long way.
Many super talented developers I know will say “Make it work, then make it good”. I think it’s okay to do this on a bigger scale than just the commit cycle.
What really happens there, if you ignore the author’s spin on it and concentrate on the facts is Sheryl is repeatedly asking her pregnant employee to please come stay in the big bed in the private jet and rest.
Then author has good points, such as Sheryl not taking into account she’s expecting ready deliverables. But she also spins it as if something sexual might happen there, or that Sheryl saying “you should have slept in the bed” in the end of the flight is a mafioso threat - and literally suggesting that Sheryl stopped trusting her because she didn’t take that offer.
(Worked at Meta for many years, not directly with Sheryl, and I am generally a fan of her, I think the book distorts at multiple times the messages she said)
It’s healthier for the discussion culture here as well.
I’m surprised the Israelis are so capable with intelligence, yet bungled this so much that not one post they pointed out was violent?
I’m happy to stand corrected, but when someone shows a perfect record in a data review I’m naturally suspicious.
EDIT: I’m confusing the linked PDF and HRW’s report. But I still have doubts about HRW’s numbers.