Engineers Won't Weaken in the AI Era
ctjlewis · x · 2026-07-18
The author shares a viewpoint: there's a common fear that new engineers relying on AI might fall behind older generations by "learning less fundamentals," but the reality might be the exact opposite. The core argument is that this generation of engineers is no longer constrained by the old assumptions of "what computers can't do," making them bolder in experimenting with previously daunting systems and workflows.
More from AGI Musings
- Larry Fink says China is ahead in the AI energy race, citing 100 GW nuclear buildout — rohanpaul_ai · 2026-07-21
- Jamie Dimon says bureaucracy, not AI, is the real system crushing intelligence — r0ck3t23 · 2026-07-21
- OpenAI and Anthropic’s internal models are said to be far stronger than today’s public systems — scaling01 · 2026-07-21
- Superintelligence and robot abundance will force a new social contract — Dr_Singularity · 2026-07-21
- The Guardian examines how AI companionship is turning intimacy into an economy — nordicinst · 2026-07-21
- A frustrated user says modern AI keeps hallucinating on real-world repair tasks — doochenutz · 2026-07-21