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Technology may radically transform the world around us, but what makes life meaningful remains remarkably constant: love, creation, creativity, relationships, and the struggle to live well.’ Thoughts from DHH on the Lex Fridman podcast npub1qm8ltd4njp8lpr0r8hdkgm3kfrz5zgsjwnkdw0kjwf2xj9awrlhsn2sswt ABitcoinGuy Natural language (especially English) is becoming a programming language in the age of AI. Instead of writing rigid code, programmers can increasingly tell computers what they want in ordinary language. English may actually be more expressive than traditional programming languages because of its metaphor, nuance and ambiguity. When prompting AI, being excessively precise can constrain the system; sometimes it is more powerful to communicate the concept, intention and style while leaving room for the AI to interpret. 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All the little disciplines required to create good software often get ignored. But you know who will do all of that? Agents, if you tell them to. They’re remarkably diligent at following instructions, sometimes to a fault.” DHH on The Lex Fridman podcast npub1qm8ltd4njp8lpr0r8hdkgm3kfrz5zgsjwnkdw0kjwf2xj9awrlhsn2sswt ABitcoinGuy “A lot of open-source maintainers are upset about the influx of AI-generated pull requests. I look at that and think: are you kidding me? You’re being offered a stream of free contributions—you can accept them or reject them. Complaining about that sounds like saying, ‘My steak is too juicy and my lobster too buttery.’ What are you complaining about? For years, we celebrated open source as something everyone could contribute to. In reality, meaningful contribution was largely restricted to a small class of highly skilled programmers. AI is changing that. It’s a reformation moment: the ‘priests and clerics’ of programming are being disintermediated, giving ordinary people more direct access to computing.” Thoughts from DHH on The Lex Fridman podcast 🥩 🦞 npub1qm8ltd4njp8lpr0r8hdkgm3kfrz5zgsjwnkdw0kjwf2xj9awrlhsn2sswt ABitcoinGuy https://blossom.primal.net/7d198611e8394b10efd1b909557d907f13c371740ada182dd09a692b175ba40f.jpg npub1qm8ltd4njp8lpr0r8hdkgm3kfrz5zgsjwnkdw0kjwf2xj9awrlhsn2sswt ABitcoinGuy Posted by 𝕏 account ‘Deep’ https://blossom.primal.net/b957e18d9aea50dc6e744e76b6e23058b1168f9e9d4b47da0dfdaaad449adb1c.jpg npub1qm8ltd4njp8lpr0r8hdkgm3kfrz5zgsjwnkdw0kjwf2xj9awrlhsn2sswt ABitcoinGuy Zooming out, besides the Sun, Moon and Earth, I struggle to think of anything in nature that sustains Life through absolute centralization. Nature seems to favor distributed, interconnected systems. npub1qm8ltd4njp8lpr0r8hdkgm3kfrz5zgsjwnkdw0kjwf2xj9awrlhsn2sswt ABitcoinGuy Did you know? There are entire fields dedicated to understanding how humans interact with computers. Two of the most established are human–computer interaction (HCI) and cyberpsychology. npub1qm8ltd4njp8lpr0r8hdkgm3kfrz5zgsjwnkdw0kjwf2xj9awrlhsn2sswt ABitcoinGuy Computer Intelligence is learning from humans. But when you study the logical and conceptual design of computer networks, how individual components connect, communicate, coordinate and exchange information to achieve a desired outcome you realize something interesting: We humans can learn from Computer Intelligence, too. Perhaps the systems we design are, in some ways, teaching us how to better to connect and communicate to one another. https://blossom.primal.net/d6ada33ce4f4fefae9bee668384a4a48bd2fdf524f0f15d6ddeb811cbacc019f.png npub1qm8ltd4njp8lpr0r8hdkgm3kfrz5zgsjwnkdw0kjwf2xj9awrlhsn2sswt ABitcoinGuy While banks invest heavily in security, the gap between attackers and defenders is widening. 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