I've been thinking the same: the smaller the codebase, the better AI performs. So a way to scale AI is to modularize your architecture to maximize the number of leaf nodes in the dependency tree, and split out separate libraries where it makes sense.
It is huge for token usage also, Claude grepping the codebase for context it doesn't have is the main consumer of input tokens from what I can see.
Perhaps we are putting human intelligence on a pedestal. I have often caught myself having a supposedly original idea only to find I inherited it from something I read months before.
We are mostly autocomplete with a mild capacity to synthesise new ideas. It’s the network effect of communicating that creates the feedback loops which amplify our collective intelligence.
Also if you think intelligent life has to have a regard for truth, not just a regard for self, tune in to any news channel.
I think the majority of people have the same experience with screens. There's something inherently distracting about reading anything long on a screen. Idly drifting to easy dopamine-hit activities is perfectly normal. Also pro tip, send anything long to your Kindle to read.
I'm not saying ADHD isn't real, just that environment-induced distractions aren't it.
> Or I can't read long articles with topics that are important for me but don't tickle one of my interests.
Can't concentrate on boring things - surely that's normal? It feels like they're casting the ADHD net wider and wider and from reading the internet I'm starting to question whether my behavior fits into the ADHD category. And part of me wants it to so that I have a label that explains and excuses me.
But how do you separate it from this boring hyper-specialized world of bullshit jobs? As someone said it's no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a sick society. I love Doug Stanhope's take on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKyMvjPJdtM
It is huge for token usage also, Claude grepping the codebase for context it doesn't have is the main consumer of input tokens from what I can see.