Developers Say AI Speeds Tasks Without Replacing Skill
Joseph Suarez and the tinygrad founder discuss AI's limits and practical uses in development work.
Joseph Suarez of PufferAI posted that current models lack general intelligence yet helped cut an RL stack from an unintelligible mess with many dependencies to under 10k lines running above 50M steps per second by removing human errors. The tinygrad account replied in agreement that AI cannot accomplish tasks humans could not already do but accelerates certain work. The exchange appears in public replies on the platform.
In spring 2025 I had a crisis of faith. I thought about what the technology I'm helping to create might do to our future, and got scared. My worries kept intruding on my daily activities to the point where I needed to seek professional help. During this period, I tried to…
Developers Say AI Speeds Tasks Without Replacing Skill
Joseph Suarez and the tinygrad founder discuss AI's limits and practical uses in development work.
Joseph Suarez of PufferAI posted that current models lack general intelligence yet helped cut an RL stack from an unintelligible mess with many dependencies to under 10k lines running above 50M steps per second by removing human errors. The tinygrad account replied in agreement that AI cannot accomplish tasks humans could not already do but accelerates certain work. The exchange appears in public replies on the platform.
In spring 2025 I had a crisis of faith. I thought about what the technology I'm helping to create might do to our future, and got scared. My worries kept intruding on my daily activities to the point where I needed to seek professional help. During this period, I tried to…
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2 postsOne positive bit from lately: I do not find any of the models generally intelligent, but they have been very useful at eliminating years worth of blatant human stupidity. Our RL stack has gone from an unintelligible nightmare with dozens of dependencies and untraceable jank to…
