Chip designer: AI hardware design is still just above the 'funny robot monkey tricks' stage
AccBalanced · x · 2026-10-26
The shared image is the classic waitbutwhy AI exponential-curve meme: humans laughing at the 'funny robot can do monkey tricks' stage before the curve rockets past them toward Einstein. Chip-design practitioner pronouncedkyle uses it to gauge where AI stands in hardware (chip) design: we are currently just above the 'funny robot can do monkey tricks' stage.
A one-line industry self-own: AI-designed chips are mostly entertaining demos today, but the crossover point may arrive faster than expected.
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