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by xkcd1963 1088 days ago
I talked about my statement with a friend the other day and was able to consolidate my stance.

On an intuitive level software seems like a tool to me. Latin had much more gramatical rules than todays English but that doesn't mean it "devolved" or that English isn't as powerful as Latin.

Blockchain is a mathematical idea and software the tool to use it. And LLMs are much more about statistical problem solving enabled through more computing power than about inventing something new.

And correct me if I'm wrong but aren't virtual threads fast enough also because of more computational power? A virtual machine is usually 1/3 times slower than the native machine it runs on.