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Yes! A great example is this idea that AGI will basically replace the entire programming and …

Yes! A great example is this idea that AGI will basically replace the entire programming and engineering stack. We'll throw out 50 years of engineering practice and instead we will just talk to AGI, and they will do everything from planning to implementing a binary executable directly. I heard variations of this fantasy for 2 years now, it sounds amazing. Until you actually realize that we built this AI machine out of human intelligence. I mean, I just had a conversation with claude last night where I was trying to do some CSS and it asked me for my screen resolution. It made a passing comment saying "Your resolution is small? That's weird. Anyway..." What about your programming caused you to say that? That's a fair question and I should think about it honestly. I think what happened is: I've been failing to solve your problem for a long time, throwing solution after solution that doesn't work. …

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it sounds like they are trained to be a confidence man executive. hype things and blow smoke. It's able to form a response when questioned carefully about the patterns created; that’s the only plus I am seeing from your point of view on this particular use of the technology.

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sorry to reply again, but it also sounds as if the lack of context is causing a problem. The word weird terms on a certain emotion and tone of voice. If this were in person, the other party might have a tone and demeanor that shows that word "weird" indicates a trailing off, a need for pause and contemplation, not a potential pejorative. questioning someone in an academic matter further, just revert to the academic literature around psychology and therapy, where someone reflects in a literal way upon what they said. The LLM could easily have responded that it was just a trailing stray comment meant to indicate inquisitiveness rather than deflection. if this were real intelligence, it might take a moment to automatically reflect on why it used the word “weird“ and then let the user know that this might be a point of interest to look into?

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