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The last time my family was replaced by technology

339 points · 641 comments · megalomanu

  1. 0c3ca83 · · focus · HN ↗
    The last hundred times we automated things, we automated muscles. Today, the number of people employed purely for their muscle is very small.

    This time is the first time we've automated higher level reasoning.

    1. win311fwg · · focus · HN ↗
      Compilers automated higher level reasoning, at least to a small degree. LLMs themselves are basically just compilers with a much, much, much, much more expansive set of built-in language constructs.

      (No, compilers are not deterministic)

      1. awsglkhj · · focus · HN ↗
        > (No, compilers are not deterministic)

        Having used, designed, and written compilers, this is news to me. Please, elaborate.

        1. fragmede · · focus · HN ↗
          tldr: Race conditions when building on multi-cpu systems (which is all of them these days), and timestamps sneaking in everywhere.
          1. 0c3ca83 · · focus · HN ↗
            Oh, no. Timestamps. Truly the sign of higher level reasoning.
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