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Let's say software really can be written completely autonomously by LLMs. I think it d be important to put that leverage in the hands of individual software engineers to build even more and faster, and avoid it being entirely in the hands of a few companies

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That's ideal for us and the world. It's not ideal for the employing companies, as they can't as effectively extract rents.

So, all the forces are pushing against individual engineers getting that leverage.

Ordinarily, I would say the current situation is great for innovation and economic growth. Only in the case of potentially soon creating very capable LLMs is it questionable. Which situation would bring more innovation and economic growth: a few companies having AGI or every engineer having it? I've been thinking about that a lot, and I'm not sure which it is.

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