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Debates about whether these tools will be standard in 2-5 years, comparisons to crypto predictions, and questions about whether this is the future or a meme

Debates over the future of these tools range from seeing them as revolutionary shifts akin to the Industrial Revolution to dismissive comparisons with the unfulfilled promises of cryptocurrency. While some skeptics view current prototypes as impractical curiosities, proponents argue that these experimental "steam-powered unicycles" will evolve into standard, high-speed production tools within the next two to five years. This transition is expected to be rapid but potentially hazardous, as the scaling of AI models promises to fundamentally transform coding practices and professional workflows. Ultimately, the discourse reflects a polarized mix of cautious optimism and genuine terror regarding a future where these tools become as ubiquitous as they are powerful.

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a response like this is confusing to me. what you are saying makes sense, but seems irrelevant. something like gas town is clearly not attempting to be a production grade tool. its an opinionated glimpse into the future. i think the astethic was fitting and intentional.

this is the equivalent of some crazy inventor in the 19th century strapping a steam engine onto a unicycle and telling you that some day youll be able to go 100mph on a bike. He was right in the end, but no one is actually going to build something usable with current technology.

Opus 4.5 isnt there. But will there be a model in 3-5 years thats smart enough, fast enough, and cheap enough for a refined vision of this to be possible? Im going to bet on yes to that question.

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in 3-5years, sure, just like we are all currently using crypto to pay for groceries and smart contracts for all legal matters.

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I love this take. I think what you're describing is very much happened with the Industrial Revolution. It was just a bunch of powerful, dangerous machines at first, doing small jobs faster. Scaling it up took the whole planet and a long time.

I think we are at the beginning of the second such journey. Lots of people will get hurt while we learn how to scale it up. It's why I've gone with dangerous sounding theming and lots of caution with Gas Town.

I only think it takes 2 years this time though.

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This is either a meme or the way everyone will code in 2 years, in both cases, it terrifies me.

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