Elijah Meeks: cheap AI intelligence will spawn a wave of pointless tech demos
Elijah_Meeks · x · 2026-10-20
Elijah Meeks argued that the equation editor project being celebrated is 'a pointless tech demo with no real utility,' enabled by cheap intelligence, and predicts such pointless-but-interesting projects will become increasingly common as AI grows more powerful. He adds he has no problem with AI-assisted coding itself.
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