Studied Everything Just to End up Writing Prompts
yoobinray · x · 2026-07-10
This is a rant about the current state of AI: people spend ages studying discrete math, probability, proofs, linear algebra, compilers, distributed systems, CUDA, and deep learning, only to end up working for someone who "only knows how to write prompts." At its core, it's a self-deprecating complaint about how AI is being used today.
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