LLM-AI Speculation

Hello, loves! Tout le monde déteste l’IA. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t think about it. My conclusion surprises me. Yesterday on Mastodon, I stumbled on a link to two articles1 by Steve Yegge. You may find it valuable to scan, or even read them, but let me continue my introduction to the topic here. They’re not necessary for what I plan to write here. Yegge has been around a long time: I recall his name from ages ago. I do not recall any prior impression that I may have formed. In the first of the articles linked below, he reports at length on his experience vibe coding an Agentic AI orchestration system called Gas Town, in which he says he has never looked at the code and never will, and alludes to spending nearly $90,000 a month on tokens. I have the impression that he expects the cost to increase. He does not say where he got all that money. In that article, leading to the second, Yegge says: Most importantly of all, model welfare will start informing your engineering designs. The…