[SubiculumCode]

True. However, I think you are missing the larger point. Forget about coding for a bit. Think about biological research, for example. Being smart, being able to put a lot pieces together, is very important...but this will just help you make better hypotheses...you still need to do the slow and hard work of running physical experiments. Smartness does not lead to a singularity all on it's own

[perrygeo]

I largely agree with the premise. I was just honing in on the coding claim because the statement is so obviously wrong that it distracts from an otherwise solid post.

We should put software squarely in the "complex system" category, ie "The only way to find out is to build the software system and try to break it". Writing code may be cheap but running the software IRL is still constrained by both computational bounds and the laws of physics. Not to mention social and market dynamics.

If anything this strengthens the overall argument. "The limit is contact with reality".