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Quoting Paul Ford

For a while, I must admit, it looked as if software developer roles like mine were done for. How could we fight against tireless robots?

What Do We Even Mean by AI?

I read Dario Amodei's post about slowing down the AI frontier, and Sam Altman's reply saying OpenAI's been having the same internal conversation.

  • "Intelligence" in AI has evolved with technology advancements.
  • Modern chess engines outperform Deep Blue but are not considered intelligent.

I Scored Retry Loops. Boundedness Was Optional.

Boundedness failed first. Not the model. Not the schema. The ceiling. I stopped asking whether an agent was "actually thinking" and started asking a dumber question that still draws blood. Does this while ever stop if the tool hangs? That question is unromantic. It is also the one that keeps a shared box from turning into a heat lamp.

  • Boundedness was prioritized over loop functionality
  • Author questioned loop stopping condition if tool hung
  • Resilience without budget leads to unbounded costs

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