[zhubert]

Not quite. Cixin Liu’s series had a premise of dramatic asymmetry.

AI in our context is the inverse. Everyone can spend “credits” to get a supergenius coder.

[Nevermark]

There are still a major asymmetries.

There is an economic asymmetry between having a frontier model that people pay to use vs. being someone paying them so they can keep improving it.

Also, from the outside, we only know about the advances that get shipped/put on servers. Presumably, a lot more promising advances are uncovered than are shipped. Maybe they don't fit the product, maybe they are not ready, or maybe they provide a competitive advantage if used and improved internally without disclosure.

So there is a potential growing development/information/frontier asymmetry, of unknown magnitude and velocity.

[zhubert]

Yep. I agree. I’m assuming that the best model for coding is always six months advanced ahead for the investors. Even with that assumption, there’s a huge democratization effect.

I’ve never seen a tool more accessible for people of all backgrounds and abilities. It should be celebrated. And yet “engineers” are worried about their identities.

[oldcigarette]

Just s/AI/surveillance state/ and it reads pretty much the same. People in the US you should read NSPM-7 which is obviously simply targeted at this admin's out group. Things seem to be well in motion already from the outward indications we have about DHS spending and disregard for legal processes. People are just still in denial or not paying attention.