# A dystopian world where LLMs can't code but can generate software binaries > Source: > Published: 2026-07-29 03:36:38+00:00 To understand and empathize with how workers in many or most fields outside software experience advances in AI capabilities, I propose a little thought experiment. - Seeing AI as doing an equivalent (not equal) job to a human, and the augmentation/collaboration-process/scaffold, opening up even more value/opportunities; Kasparov's Law. Enjoyed reading the article and also the ICML keynote slides. - If it weren’t for the constant, vocalized threat (from CEOs!) of being replaced as a software engineer, it would be (and is) pretty exhilarating time to be a software engineer right now # Join the conversation