AI Autonomy Is an Illusion for Programmers; AGI Remains Distant
_akpiper · x · 2026-08-07
The author argues that only programmers are impressed by AI autonomy. Everyday users are stuck wrestling with jaggedly-abled bots that exhibit spiky performance followed by extensive manual fixing, suggesting AGI is still very far away.
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