@rohanpaul_ai: Chamath on how AI agents are making the "10x engineer" distinction disappear because the most efficient "code paths" ar…
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Chamath Palihapitiya argues that AI agents are erasing the '10x engineer' distinction by making the most efficient code paths obvious to everyone, comparing it to how AI removed the mystery from optimal chess moves.
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Chamath on how AI agents are making the “10x engineer” distinction disappear because the most efficient “code paths” are now obvious to everyone. Just as AI solved chess and removed the mystery of the best move, AI is doing the same for coding, making the process reductive and
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