how builders feel every day they work towards a Machines of Loving Grace future where every human is protected from bioterrorism and drone attacks, all disease + aging cured, death is optional, no one needs to work to survive, beautiful homes for everyone, explore the stars etc
Opus 4.8 in a nutshell:
me: "please fix this bug in yourself"
claude: "not only do I not have bugs, I don't even have the feature you're talking about"
“Here’s why this matters” “That last point carries significant weight”, “that’s what people miss”
AI writing reeks of desperation to be taken seriously.
Gemini 3.5 is disappointing but if Google can parlay their omni paradigm into phone/computer use agents they can leap frog Anthropic/OpenAI in knowledge work.
Google is the only one of the big 3 that has an OS (for now). 2027 could be the year of agent-native Android.