[pocketarc]

It might just be a threshold thing; that the brain just crossed a size threshold where it could actually make useful connections that led to where we are now.

Similar to how GPT finally crossed a size threshold where its responses are actually useful to us now rather than just random words. The models are just bigger.

It’s worth noting that a human living in caves and hunting 20k years ago would’ve been perfectly capable of being a modern-day software developer hanging out on the internet. So it’s not even the cities part that matters, it’s something more fundamental, something that must be impossible to achieve without that extra 1%.

[prox]

I suddenly had this image of a CV by a hunter gatherer looking for dev job. “Dev looking for a job. Skills: Able to work in small tribes, likes to hunt Mammoths, Bears and small rodents for team mates. Basic arithmetic : can count to ten, more with help from others.”

[pocketarc]

“I’m a fast learner”

[nobodyandproud]

“Can sprint on demand and am agile. Willing to hunt bugs, when required.”

[prox]

Perfect :)