This to me sounds a lot like the SpaceX conversation:
- Ohh look it can [write small function / do a small rocket hop] but it can't [ write a compiler / get to orbit]!
- Ohh look it can [write a toy compiler / get to orbit] but it can't [compile linux / be reusable]
- Ohh look it can [compile linux / get reusable orbital rocket] but it can't [build a compiler that rivals GCC / turn the rockets around fast enough]
- <Denial despite the insane rate of progress>
There's no reason to keep building this compiler just to prove this point. But I bet it would catch up real fast to GCC with a fraction of the resources if it was guided by a few compiler engineers in the loop.
We're going to see a lot of disruption come from AI assisted development.
- Ohh look it can [write small function / do a small rocket hop] but it can't [ write a compiler / get to orbit]!
- Ohh look it can [write a toy compiler / get to orbit] but it can't [compile linux / be reusable]
- Ohh look it can [compile linux / get reusable orbital rocket] but it can't [build a compiler that rivals GCC / turn the rockets around fast enough]
- <Denial despite the insane rate of progress>
There's no reason to keep building this compiler just to prove this point. But I bet it would catch up real fast to GCC with a fraction of the resources if it was guided by a few compiler engineers in the loop.
We're going to see a lot of disruption come from AI assisted development.