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Engineering is the process of planning and implementing the simplest thing that works within given constraints.

There is no planning, implementing, or constraint here.

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If engineering is about implementing the simplest thing then why do we call implementing the most complicated thing overengineering and not underengineering?
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> There is no planning, implementing, or constraint here.

That's because most AI use is reverse engineering!

Resolving static into a valid problem through the sheer force of squinting at it long enough!

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Sounds like it's time for the "engineering" definition to get a modern update.
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