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Author here. You're right, and it's a better version of my point. The shaft persisted because small high-torque motors weren't economically feasible yet, not because anyone was blind. That's the structure I'd argue we're in now: the constraint isn't ignorance, it's that the enabling piece isn't cheap enough yet.

My claim is that for knowledge work that piece (capable models on hardware you own) is crossing into feasibility right now, which is when, by your own account, reorganization actually happens fast. "Why would they" was too glib; "they couldn't yet, and then they could" is the real shape. Fixing that line.

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Can you please not post AI-generated or AI-edited comments to HN? It's not allowed here - see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#generated and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47340079.

Of course, it's impossible to know for sure what was LLM processed or not, but some of your posts (like this one) are getting classified that way.

[smtx]

Hello, this is me, with my imperfect human voice, noted. I usually use AI to improve my ideas or responses. Will take this into account for future interactions with HN.