Thursday, May 15, 2025

Linux - programming in Python

 Ha, ha, turns out I can't program in python any more.  Strict typing, new loop structures, and the dang objects.  I just spent hours trying to add a number and it wouldn't do it.  With no errors, just ignored the whole thing.

What I can do now is AI prompt engineering.  I specify the program, and then I modify by adding stuff to the prompt.  I know enough to see if it works, and then move onto another AI.  I'm finding that Qwen is doing the best programming right now.

The future of AI is that it will be an effective tool to get things done.  You can't get around the plain fact of 'Garbage in, garbage out'.  The giant central concept of an AI is subject to scaling laws, and the 'Return of the Mainframe'.  It doesn't work.

The thought of humanoid robots working in factories is ridiculous.  You only need that if the factory is designed for humans, -- no humans, it is just a big compressed block.  We won't have labour code inspectors for the robots.


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