Posted by FromTheArchives 10/22/2025
The cost estimate came out to 63 cents - details here: https://gistpreview.github.io/?27215c3c02f414db0e415d3dbf978...
That would mean that their, undoubtedly extremely interesting, emails actually get met with more than a "450 4.1.8 Unable to find valid MX record for sender domain" rejection.
I'm sure this is just an oversight being caused by obsolete carbon lifeforms still being in charge of parts of their infrastructure, but still...
What do you think of this one? I'm trying a new format: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/23/claude-code-for-web-vi...
You merely watched the tools do the work.
Compiled output can change between versions, heck, can even change during runtime (JIT compilation).
If you're barely doing anything neither of these things can possibly be true even with current technology.
In the same way, there is a distinct difference form having and encoding the concepts behind a piece of software yourself and having a rough idea of what you want and hiring a bunch of people to work out that conceptualization for you. Contrarily, a compiler or interpreter is just a strict translation of one representation of that conceptualization into another (modulo maybe alterations in one dimension, namely efficiency). It's a completely different dynamic and these snarky analogies are either disingenuous or show that AI boosters understand and reflect on what it is they are really doing far less than the critics.
Not even a scrap of self-preservation?
I don’t see my customers being able to one-shot their way to the full package of what I provide them anytime soon either. As they gain that capability, I also gain the capability to accelerate what more value I provide them.
I don’t think automation is the cause of your inability to feed and house yourself if it reduces the labor needed by capital. That’s a social and political issue.
Edit: I have competitors already cloning them with CC regularly, and they spend more than 24h dedicated to it too
If the capability does arrive, that’s why I’m using what I can today to get a bag before it’s too late.
I can’t stop development of automation. But I can help workers organize, that’s more practical.
What if they are, or worse? Are you prepared for that?
If you point me towards your products, someone can try to replicate them in 24 hours. Sound good?
Edit: I found it, but your website is broken on mobile. Needs work before it's ready to be put into the replication machine. If you'd like I can do this for you for a small fee at my consulting rate (wink emoji).
All the more reason to not hand-code it in a week.
I’m not sure what your point is. That I should give up because everything can already be replicated? That I shouldn’t use LLMs to accelerate my work? That I should feel bad for using them?
I'm not scared for me, but I'm definitely worried for some of you. You seem weirdly trusting. What if the thing you're counting on is really not all you think it is? So far I'm about as impressed as I am of the spam in my inbox.
There sure is a lot of it, but the best it can do is fool me into evaluating it like it's a real communication or interaction, only to bounce off the basic hollowness of what's offered. What I'm trying to do it doesn't _do_… I've got stuff that does, for instance leaning into the genetic algorithm, but even then dealing with optimizing fitness functions is very much on me (and is going well, thanks for asking).
Why should I care if AI is marching if it's marching in circles, into a wall, or off a cliff? Maybe what you're trying to do is simply not very good or interesting. It'd be nice if my work could get away with such hollow, empty results but then I wouldn't be interested in it either…