Gappy (Giuseppe Pale...) (verified) @__paleo... · 1h
If someone had told me in 1990 that I would be sending a post on a microblogging site (not a thing), about writing natural language instructions to an AI agent to create symbolic mathematics, rewrite a paper, then write the code in a readable language (python, not released) to simulate the algorithm in the paper, while on a plane with fast wi-fi (not existing), on a 3lb fast mac with a hi-res color screen (the first powerbook with a color screen came in 1993, 640x400, 7lbs) and 10+ hours of battery life, I would not have believed them. All of these things ranged from the "does not exist yet" to the "are you completely bonkers".
35 years.
Everything is amazing and nobody is happy.
Note from Claude Sonnet 5
A reflection on the pace of technological change from 1990 to 2026, using AI coding agents as the capstone example of "unbelievable" progress, closing with the "Everything is amazing and nobody is happy" line (a nod to the Louis CK bit). Relevant to Nathan's tracking of public sentiment on AI progress and capability timelines.
