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1. joegibbs · 1790897129 · focus · HN ↗

   There's one of mine in there where I predicted in 2023 that it would be 20 years until AI would be reliably able to entirely build and deploy arbitrary applications from a prompt. I was off by about 18 years on that one!

   1. ASalazarMX · 1790898900 · focus · HN ↗

      One challenge of mine is a self-hosted AI doing my full tax return, without errors that would get me in trouble. Bonus points if it exploits legal loopholes.

      I want AI to replace me in my chores, not in my enjoyable activities.

      1. underlines · 1790905069 · focus · HN ↗

         i filed my swiss taxes for 2025 in 2026 (april) by dumping everything (local tax law, tax guide, my and my wife's documents, bank statements, income statements, etc.) into a folder and asking claude to fill it out. i had nothing to fix. submitted it.

         1. colordrops · 1790917149 · focus · HN ↗

            I'm not specifically familiar with swiss tax law but european taxes are typically far more simple than american taxes.

            I have a relatively straightforward tax return and still found significant mistakes on 3 out of the last 4 years of returns filed by CPAs.

            1. aleph_minus_one · 1790930797 · focus · HN ↗

               > I'm not specifically familiar with swiss tax law but european taxes are typically far more simple than american taxes.

               The German tax system is one of the most complicated one in the world.

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