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Is "Software 3.0" somehow related to "Web 3.0"?

• fhd2 1y ago
  Pure coincidence, I'm sure :)
• pudiklubi 1y ago
  No – for more context you can check out Karpathy's original essay from 2017: https://karpathy.medium.com/software-2-0-a64152b37c35 https://karpathy.medium.com/software-2-0-a64152b37c35
• lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago
  No, they are totally unrelated. Web 3.0 is blockchain-backed web applications (rather than proprietary server-backed web applications, which is Web 2.0) and Software 3.0 is LLM-powered agents.
  • uncircle 1y ago
    They are related in that they are pure marketing buzzwords to build enormous hype around a product, if not a dream.
    • lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago
      That does not describe Karpathy’s use of Software 3.0. He is referring to LLM agents with that term, which is agnostic to LLM model, whether third-party-hosted or self-hosted.
  • knowaveragejoe 1y ago
    What was Software 2.0?
    • jckahn 1y ago
      And what was Software 1.0?
    • Karrot_Kream 1y ago
      It's using NNs or ML models which are given datasets and learn using those datasets. https://karpathy.medium.com/software-2-0-a64152b37c35 https://karpathy.medium.com/software-2-0-a64152b37c35 If you read the talk you can find out this and more :)
    • lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 1y ago
      Trained Neural Networks.
    • msgodel 1y ago
      Early application specific ML models, Software 1.0 is normal programs.
• rvz 1y ago
  No. But it doesn't make any difference that both of them are grifts in different ways. One bundles "AGI" with broken promises and bullshit claims of "benefits to humanity" and "abundance for all" when at the same time it takes jobs away with the goal of achieving 10% global unemployment in the next 5 years. The other is an overpromised scam wrapped up in worthless minted "tokens" on a slow blockchain (Ethereum). Terms like "Software 3.0", "Web 3.0" and even "AGI" are all bullshit.