After 80 years of AI, humans stopped writing the rules — AI now builds AI
ghadfield · x · 2026-10-08
Responding to "what happened," ghadfield frames 80 years of AI development: early systems were rule-based, but machine learning shifted us to showing machines data so they write their own programs — a step back from direct control — and now AI itself helps build the next generation of AI.
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