I like this as a narrative framework a lot more than the AGI arc. This seems a lot more realistic and less dramatic, more human-focused.

I like the idea of a model being able to create and maintain a full codebase representing the app layer for model-based tools but in practical terms at work and on personal projects I still just don't see it. To get a model to write even a small-scale frontend only app I still have to make functions so atomic and test them to the point where it feels close to the time it would take to write the app manually. And if I ask a model to write larger functions or don't test them / edit them through 3-5 rounds of re-prompting I just end up with code debt that makes the project unrealistic to continue building out beyond a pretty limited MVP stage without going back line by line and basically rewriting the whole thing.

Anyway I'm no power user, curious what other people's experience is. Maybe I'm just using the wrong models.