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by mpalmer3 hours ago |
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upvoteby arm323 hours ago|
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So the agents aren't getting smarter, but rather we're just getting dumber?
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upvoteby mpalmer3 hours ago|
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Both, the former more slowly than the latter.

Picture a foolish person falling out of a hot air balloon.

"Gosh," they think, plummeting, "the balloon is going upwards SO fast!"

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upvoteby skydhash2 hours ago|
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That reminds me of the usual argument by AI hypers:

  “it would have taken me days/weeks/years/… to learn and produce something by myself”.
They forget that often what you need to know can be learned quickly, it’s just mastering (solving the general case) that takes a long time. Learning the piano takes years, learning how to play “Happy birthday” can be done in a few minutes.
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