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> I did over $400,000 in API priced tokens

i'd bet this is a few subscriptions over a few months rather than paying directly for tokens.

we're in agreement. context rot is real.

i'm suggesting the solution is abstraction + composition. 1/ use ai to solve a subset of the problem 2/ abstract away its complexity to just its interface 3/ build with known interfaces.

this is how we solve problems. it should work the same for ai.

agree, but no-code is complexity-limited bc they can't:

  1. write custom components on the fly (ai can)
  2. compose arbitrary components (composition isn't solved)

one-shotting entire products is a dead end.

once we figure out the right building blocks of applications, it will simply be inefficient to write code yourself.

perhaps a controversial take, but writing code is going away (99% of it).

how we handle ai will dramatically shape our future.

if you consider many of the great post-ai civilizations in sci-fi (matrix, foundation, dune, culture, blade runner, etc.), they're all shaped by the consequences of ai:

   - matrix: ai won and enslaved humans. 
   - foundation: humans won and a totalitarian empire banned ai, leading to the inevitable fall of trantor bc nobody could understand the whole system. 
   - dune: humans won (butlerian jihad) and ai was banned by the great houses, which led to the rise of mentats. 
   - culture series: benign ai (minds) run the utopian civilization according to western values.

i'm a also fan of the hyperion cantos where ai and humans found a mutually beneficial balance of power.

which future would you prefer?

I'm all in on dark mode. All my devices are dark. I find it far easier on my eyes. And out of frustration that most sites don't have the option, I've enabled Chrome's auto dark mode[0], though this still breaks a few things (worth the cost to me).

[0] chrome://flags/#enable-force-dark

Yep. Nothing better than wowing other devs.

Love these!

I'd add filling out boilerplate (e.g., impl trait defintions).

An extension can also increment selected numbers together or turn selected 0s into a sequence.

There's an inflection point where technology accrues too much power to a ruling class, such that no amount of unrest or revolution is able reset the social order.

I believe China has already passed this point. Their culture and individual behavior is tightly controlled (e.g., you can't use public bathrooms if your social score is too low).

AI may be the catalyst for western countries.

why not adam back? the evidence in favor of adam dwarfs other candidates.