>While it’s possible that this is just a much more AI-friendly problem, I don’t think it’s just that: I think the technology has genuinely gotten better.
It has gotten better imo. The blog author mentions 2 cases at the beginning -- users who think that AI will be capped and those who think it will be uncapped. From my perspective, both are technically right -- AI is capped or technically has usually reached some sort of cap, until human innovation improves it. AI doesn't really improve itself on a grand scale so much as humans improve it.
In other words, AI can and does iteratively improve, but every single ceiling we've spotted and broken through so far came from human ingenuity or effort. It will likely continue to require it, regardless of how much it can do on it's own. In that regard, it seems as though all of this will inevitably be "uncapped, until it reaches a cap, and then likely it will eventually be uncapped by humans (again)". Because of this, AI will never perfectly fit neatly into an 'uncapped' or 'capped' bucket, as long as time continues moving and we continue solving issues as they crop up.
I also liked the article and the author before this post. But let's be honest that this was paid work as part of Anthropic's PR campaign, not just a random blog post.
> Anthropic invited Matt von Hippel to write this post and compensated him for his time. Anthropic staff gave feedback on drafts; the content and opinions are his own. Lance Dixon validated the result independently and received Claude usage credits.
danvayn · · focus · HN ↗
>While it’s possible that this is just a much more AI-friendly problem, I don’t think it’s just that: I think the technology has genuinely gotten better.
It has gotten better imo. The blog author mentions 2 cases at the beginning -- users who think that AI will be capped and those who think it will be uncapped. From my perspective, both are technically right -- AI is capped or technically has usually reached some sort of cap, until human innovation improves it. AI doesn't really improve itself on a grand scale so much as humans improve it.
In other words, AI can and does iteratively improve, but every single ceiling we've spotted and broken through so far came from human ingenuity or effort. It will likely continue to require it, regardless of how much it can do on it's own. In that regard, it seems as though all of this will inevitably be "uncapped, until it reaches a cap, and then likely it will eventually be uncapped by humans (again)". Because of this, AI will never perfectly fit neatly into an 'uncapped' or 'capped' bucket, as long as time continues moving and we continue solving issues as they crop up.
teiferer · · focus · HN ↗
I also liked the article and the author before this post. But let's be honest that this was paid work as part of Anthropic's PR campaign, not just a random blog post.
bonoboTP · · focus · HN ↗
> Disclosure
> Anthropic invited Matt von Hippel to write this post and compensated him for his time. Anthropic staff gave feedback on drafts; the content and opinions are his own. Lance Dixon validated the result independently and received Claude usage credits.
teiferer · · focus · HN ↗