Great point on data. Part of the disconnect is that managers perceive soft value. In my individual experience - managers thrive on soft power
More to the point, they only care about things that make themselves look good. They want you to work slower so they can have an excuse to hire more people. The more people you manage, the more power you have.
Recorded months before OpenAI was founded, the conversation treats intelligence as math plus incentives rather than something mystical
Great, maybe these people can add their insight to Wikipedia, since clearly no one thought of AI that way before 2015.
In fact, if we're going to be reductionist, we could say that incentives are also just math so put me on Wikipedia too, since no one has ever thought of that either!
Our algorithmic infrastructure creates a scalable graph over source code at scale. Our AI processing infrastructure then enables us to apply AI agents, guided by algorithms, to make code modifications at scale. The core of this infrastructure is already operating at scale
He put some scale in his scale.
AI agents, guided by algorithms
Computers are guided by algorithms, amazing.
Even if you use AI, bullshit is still bullshit. That doesn't change.
"I go on working for the same reason a hen goes on laying eggs." - H. L. Mencken