I remember the first time I saw this book as a teenager. Blew my mind. Of course, the book reminded me of the other mind-blowing Voynich manuscript (as mentioned in article).
Hacking these tools seems quite similar to how humans are hacked to believe in the wrong things. Will we have to make the tools less gullible, teach them to be more critical, tech them what is right or wrong?
Ah, the hackable surface just keeps getting more interesting. Feels like the wild '90s all over again, where everything was way more open. Except, now criminals are much more numerous and capable of causing damage than back then.
Brings to mind the chip shortages of '20-'21. That took a few years to come back to semblance of normal. So I wonder if this RAMageddon will stretch out to '28.
But as the article says, RAM makers have been hurt before due to overcapacity. What if they say, 'too bad' and never really ramp anything up.
At least I don't have any major tech purchases in my plans for 2026 or 2027. But then again.
I like that some of the non-programmers went on to take programming courses.
As a dabbler, the genAI coding tools have been a force multiplier for me, but I know my way around an IDE; understand (sorta) what's needed for apps, APIs, and the like; know about libraries; and know how to think in pseudocode.
You just can't do genAI coding on autopilot. You need to be the driver AND know a bit of what you are doing.