signulll's viral aphorism: if a machine can check the work, a machine will eventually do the work
signulll · x · 2026-11-03
A widely shared one-liner from signulll distills the AI-jobs debate: "If a machine can check the work, a machine will eventually do the work." The point: wherever model output can be automatically verified — code, tests, content — humans shift from doing the work to being replaced by it. Verification capability is the prelude to automation.
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