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I think "software is a gas" is the better explanation. ("Software always expands to fit whatever container it is stored in") Microsoft has enough engineer-hour
by Retr0id 2y ago
I think "software is a gas" is the better explanation. ("Software always expands to fit whatever container it is stored in")
Microsoft has enough engineer-hours on hand to make snappy UIs if they wanted to, but it's just not a priority for them. More/cheaper engineer hours doesn't really change that prioritization.
- jessriedel 2y agoMicrosoft would hire a ton more engineers and look very different if engineer price went to ~zero. So what does that look like? If you can make an app snappy with $100 in GPU time, why wouldn’t they?
- Retr0id 2y agoBecause they'd rather spend that $100 in GPU time on adding a new feature. Repeat that a few times and now your app is 10x more complex and costs 1000x more to perf-optimise.
- jessriedel 2y agoThe hypothetical is only interesting if we draw a distinction between easy and hard tasks. (“AI can do anything a human can do behind a keyboard” is AGI complete.) For this hypothetical I asserted that performance optimization and porting were automatable, but that doesn’t include any feature. If you think there’s a more interesting/realistic/well-defined assumption, please suggest it!