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Also have to consider the kicking of the ladder away. Nobody gets to excellent without passing through the lower stages. Hard to stay motivated if it'll be 5 years just to see if maybe you have something a computer can't offer.

Not impossible, but definitely a raising of the bar.

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This. How are people going to learn/become better if all the base work is being done by an AI.

Reminds of the Empire in Asimov's Foundation where they knew just enough to keep the current tech running, but not enough to fix it if something major breaks or create new tech.

When the AI breaks something, we will be missing the people who knew how all this s$%T works.

The Machine Stops eventually.

Reminds me of the guy who built his own os but took 17 years so the UI is terrible but a few years ago he finally finished. Someone will but that person isn't following a typical or even sane life and the results will be brilliant messes.

Yeah but Terry had manic-depression, schizophrenia, and possibly God, on his side.

Reminds me of many great musicians

For a somewhat more "normal" example, see https://serenityos.org/. Started by one person, though there are many other contributors now.

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