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2026-02-18 05:07 UTC
@eamon@social.coop On a different but related tack, I've been saying that people who don't rely on LLMs/diffusion models are going to be sought after like low-background steel produced before the detonation of the first nuclear bombs. This kind of uncontaminated steel, gotten from salvaged shipwrecks and steel artifacts, is needed for particularly sensitive equipment and I suspect people who Actually Do Shit instead of waiting to be spoon-fed machine spew will start fulfilling comparable functions.
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@eamon@social.coop 2026-02-18 05:32
@ljwrites@writeout.ink I'm expecting a lean few years, but yeah. If our civilization somehow manages to avoid collapse induced by reaching 3+ degrees of warming (no small if, since DEMAND FOR COAL POWER IS RISING), I bet my ability to Do Computers will be pretty sought after indeed.