Something Big Is Happening
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A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.

Then, on February 5th, two major AI labs released new models on the same day: GPT-5.3 Codex from OpenAI, and Opus 4.6 from Anthropic (the makers of Claude, one of the main competitors to ChatGPT). And something clicked. Not like a light switch… more like the moment you realize the water has been rising around you and is now at your chest.

I am no longer needed for the actual technical work of my job. I describe what I want built, in plain English, and it just… appears. Not a rough draft I need to fix. The finished thing. I tell the AI what I want, walk away from my computer for four hours, and come back to find the work done. Done well, done better than I would have done it myself, with no corrections needed. A couple of months ago, I was going back and forth with the AI, guiding it, making edits. Now I just describe the outcome and leave.

  • codeinaboxEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    I try to stay well read on AI, and I regularly use Claude, but I’m not so convinced by this article. It makes no mention of the bubble that could burst. As for the models improving aren’t the improvements slowing down?

    More importantly, the long term effects of using AI are still unknown, so that for reason the adoption trajectory could be subject to change.

    The other factor to consider is that the author of this article is a big investor in AI. It’s in his interest to generate more hyperbole around it. I have no doubt that generative AI will forever change coding, but but I have my skepticism about other areas, especially considering the expensive controversy of Deloitte using AI to write reports for the Australian government.

    • cm0002@mander.xyzOPEnglish
      32·
      13 hours ago

      There can still be a huge bubble to pop and still have it be just as transformative as the author thinks it will be

      The Internet itself is a prime example, it similarly was massively over-hyped for the time. The bubble grew and popped and while billions of monies were lost and a lot of companies went under, ultimately it did little to stop or even slow the transformative-ness of it (for better or for worse). In the end, it didn’t even slowdown online shopping.

      But I think he was also exaggerating to a point, because like you said he’s personally invested even if he’s not “laying the foundation”. But, how much is he off? A couple years? 5 or 10? That’s still not a lot of time to lay preparations with properly functioning governments and considering the current state of affairs as it is…