awilkinson: We're still in the punch cards phase of AI — and it's only year 3
_AustinCalvert_ · x · 2026-09-12
Writer awilkinson argues we're still in the "punch cards phase" of AI, despite it already being year three. Replies add that even by the 1970s most programmers hadn't touched a real computer, suggesting the abstraction layers driving AI's evolution are far from finished — a reminder that current AI interfaces may be extremely early-stage.
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