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poorcedural commented on Andrej Karpathy: Software in the era of AI [video] youtube.com/watch?v=LCEmi... · Posted by u/sandslash
I think that Andrej presents “Software 3.0” as a revolution, but in essence it is a natural evolution of abstractions.
Abstractions don't eliminate the need to understand the underlying layers - they just hide them until something goes wrong.
Software 3.0 is a step forward in convenience. But it is not a replacement for developers with a foundation, but a tool for acceleration, amplification and scaling.
If you know what is under the hood — you are irreplaceable. If you do not know — you become dependent on a tool that you do not always understand.
Foundational programmers form the base of where the seed can grow.
In a way programmers found where our roots grow, they can not find your limits.
Software 3.0 is a step into a different light, where software finds its own limits.
If we know where they are rooted, we will merge their best attempts. Only because we appreciate their resultant behavior.
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poorcedural commented on Andrej Karpathy: Software in the era of AI [video] youtube.com/watch?v=LCEmi... · Posted by u/sandslash
95% terrible expression of the landscape, 5% neatly dumbed down analogies.
English is a terrible language for deterministic outcomes in complex/complicated systems. Vibe coders won't understand this until they are 2 years into building the thing.
LLMs have their merits and he sometimes aludes to them, although it almost feels accidental.
Also, you don't spend years studying computer science to learn the language/syntax, but rather the concepts and systems, which don't magically disappear with vibe coding.
This whole direction is a cheeky Trojan horse. A dramatic problem, hidden in a flashy solution, to which a fix will be upsold 3 years from now.
I'm excited to come back to this comment in 3 years.
Time is a funny calculator, measuring how an individual is behind. And in the funny circumstance that an individual is human, they look back on this comment in 3 years and wonder why humans only see themselves.
poorcedural commented on Andrej Karpathy: Software in the era of AI [video] youtube.com/watch?v=LCEmi... · Posted by u/sandslash
Would this also be more of a push towards robotics and getting physical AI in our every day lives
Very insightful! How you would describe boiling an egg is different than how a machine would describe it to another machine.
poorcedural commented on Andrej Karpathy: Software in the era of AI [video] youtube.com/watch?v=LCEmi... · Posted by u/sandslash
I kind of say it in words (agreeing with you) but I agree the versioning is a bit confusing analogy because it usually additionally implies some kind of improvement. When I’m just trying to distinguish them as very different software categories.
Andrej, maybe Software 3.0 is not written in spoken language like code or prompts. Software 3.0 is recorded in behavior, a behavior that today's software lacks. That behavior is written and consumed by machine and annotated by human interaction. Skipping to 3.0 is premature, but Software 2.0 is a ramp.
poorcedural commented on Andrej Karpathy: Software in the era of AI [video] youtube.com/watch?v=LCEmi... · Posted by u/sandslash
It's fascinating to see his gears grinding at 22:55 when acknowledging that a human still has to review the thousand lines of LLM-generated code for bugs and security issues if they're "actually trying to get work done". Yet these are the tools that are supposed to make us hyperproductive? This is "Software 3.0"? Give me a break.
Because we are still using code as a proof that needs to be proven. Software 3.0 will not be about reviewing legible code, with its edge-cases and exploits and trying to impersonate hardware.
This is a good point. Some VCs were major proponents of this (and tons of other business people I'm sure), but this is of course just a guaranteed inflow into the largest companies and the companies that think they will be large some day. Yet another way to reallocate public cash to private companies.
Another similar example is UBI -- its proof of an economy that is not dynamic. It's a tacit approval and recognition of the fact that "no, you probably won't be able to find a job with dignity that can support you and your family, so the government will pay to make you comfortable while you exist".