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I would love to see a future where the barrier of entry for purpose-built chips is 100x lower. That said there's an interesting observation in the interview: >
by jjcm 1y ago
I would love to see a future where the barrier of entry for purpose-built chips is 100x lower. That said there's an interesting observation in the interview:
> We essentially have rolled out an L1 through L5, where L5 is the Holy Grail with fully autonomous end-to-end workflows. L1 is where we are today, and maybe heading into L2. L3 involves orchestration and then planning and decision-making. When we get to L5, we’ll be asking questions like, ‘Are junior-level engineers really needed?’
We're seeing this in the software development world too, where it's becoming harder and harder for junior engineers to both learn programing and to be successful in their careers. If the only thing that's needed are senior engineers, how do people grow to become senior engineers? It's a harrowing prospect.
- ACCount37 1y agoThe usual answer is "they don't". As in: by the time this becomes an issue, AI will begin to displace senior engineers - the same way it's displacing junior engineers now. Considering where AI was a decade ago? I'd be reluctant to bet on this happening within a decade from now, but I certainly wouldn't bet against.
- thmsths 1y agoThis assumes that the AI growth stays exponential. This is not necessarily wrong but it is certainly not true either. If you had made that point in the 80s in regards to compilers, we would have expected software engineering jobs to have pretty much disappeared, yet the exact opposite happened.
- bluefirebrand 1y agoI really don't see why anyone thinks this is a good or desirable outcome Humans trying to build and navigate systems that they do not understand and is going to be a disaster
- ACCount37 1y agoIt's the inevitable outcome. It's not an "if". It's a "when", and "how poorly would that go".
- thesz 1y ago> the barrier of entry for purpose-built chips is 100x lower. You still have to wait half of year to an year to have your purpose built chips produced and shipped to you. Masks for your chip, that's what makes the whole process slow. With FPGA, you can have your purpose built chip overnight. Thus, in my not so humble opinion, one should use whatever means one can to make FPGAs more efficient.