Mars is a planet purely for robots for now

Mars is a planet purely for robots for now, though I’m addicted to winning, the more you win, the more you want to win. Turn science fiction to science fact. The details of individual neuron communication will be abstracted away in most of the interesting questions about computation and circuits. The idea of a “clanker coach” who always helps you to be the best version of yourself, who studies your interactions and helps you learn to be more effective, seems very promising. Claims of 10x productivity ignore that most engineering time isn’t spent typing code—it’s spent thinking, debugging, reviewing, and coordinating with teams, none of which clanker fundamentally accelerates. How do distributed, trained networks of simple units that perform combined linear/non-linear operations work together to perform important computations? The hardest part is distributed system design, picking the right dependencies, platforms and a forward-thinking database schema. My next title might be Creative Director of Code. The constant barrage of “10x engineer” claims creates unnecessary anxiety and imposter syndrome, when in reality, experienced engineers quickly discover clanker’s actual limitations through hands-on use. #nukethemoon