Summary
From the AI revolution sparked by ChatGPT to what’s waiting for us in 2026, we covered a wide spectrum. On a journey that started with counting bits, are we now handing the wheel entirely to AI? We discussed the transformation of programming from the 80s to today, developments in quantum computing and robotics, the limits of LLMs, and why creativity remains firmly in human hands.
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Topics
- The evolution of AI from 2022 to today — the turning point brought by ChatGPT
- How has the world of programming and computing changed from the 80s to now?
- Developments in quantum computing and robotics
- The limits of LLMs — what does Yann LeCun say?
- Can AI be creative? Will the human factor ever disappear?
- Autonomous agents and bot teams — the new model of software development
- What’s waiting for us in 2026?
Deep Dive
The New Age of Software: AI, Robots, and “Dinosaur” Wisdom Heading into 2026
Introduction: From Snowflakes to Lines of Code
When I look out the window and see the snow falling in thick flakes, I can’t help but drift back to those harsh winters of the 80s. Technology back then was something far more “physical” — we’d gather as a neighborhood, roll snowballs a meter wide and push them down the street for two weeks straight. The “dinosaur wisdom” of our generation didn’t come from pixels on a screen but from the sound of fans inside those machines, from heating transistors and severely limited memory. Now, looking from the tail end of 2024 toward the horizon of 2026, I can’t help but ask: “On this journey that started with counting bits, are we handing the steering wheel entirely to AI?”
From Counting Bits to AI: The Transformation of Being a “Computer Person”
Back then, being a “computer person” was a kind of digital craftsmanship. You didn’t just write code — you cleaned the inside and outside of the machine, tracked disk space down to the last byte, and managed every cell of RAM with jeweler’s precision. Today, technology has reached such a high level of abstraction that the necessity of thinking in 8-bit terms has vanished. But this abstraction brings a dangerous gap: we’re losing the “physical feel” of code and that deep intuitive knowledge of how the engine works.
“We used to count bits by the year… We’d agonize: will this fit in two digits, or do we need four? Now it doesn’t even cross our minds. We just hit go.”
This is exactly where dinosaur wisdom comes in. As a generation that knew the value of memory, we can see more clearly the complexity hiding beneath today’s “just hit go” convenience.
The 2026 Vision: Evolution or Revolution?
The GPT-3 explosion of 2022 was a watershed moment. But the real storm waiting for us at the close of 2025 and dawn of 2026 will be the extraordinary marriage of AI with quantum computing and robotics. AI is acting as a catalyst for the quantum world, especially by accelerating our speed in solving complex problems.
In the physical world, “humanlike” touches have crossed from science fiction into reality. From robots keeping elderly people company in the Netherlands to metal workers replacing humans in France’s dangerous nuclear reactors — they’re everywhere. From exploration robots on Mars and Moon missions to fully unmanned production facilities known as “Dark Factories,” AI is taking on flesh and bone.
Should We Be Afraid? The Terminator Scenario vs. Reality
The media-hyped fear that “the Terminator will take over the world” is, for now, just good box office material. Today’s large language models have a very clear “context limit.” The current processing power and logical framework of AI falls well short of reaching the kind of “consciousness” needed to invade the world.
The real danger isn’t metal machines — it’s malicious human hands. Cyberattacks, injection attacks that fool models, or jailbreak attempts that bypass security protocols are far more real and pressing than any Skynet scenario.
“Remember the hotel AI in the Altered Carbon series — it’s not trying to destroy humans; on the contrary, it works alongside them and helps with their needs. That’s exactly the 2026 vision: a tool without consciousness but with high functionality.”
The New Unit in Software: Autonomous Agents and Bot Teams
We’re experiencing a revolutionary shift in software development processes: moving from IDEs to direct chat interfaces or CLI-based systems. With the “Agent” mode offered by systems like Microsoft Copilot, we’re no longer working with a single bot but with an entire army of bots. One analysis bot scans documentation, one developer bot writes the code, and one test bot debugs the errors.
But here we must flag the danger of “Shadow IT.” Applications built by someone who doesn’t know how to code, with an “it works, doesn’t it?” mindset, can turn into piles of garbage devoid of engineering quality. This uncontrolled code generation that escapes oversight is building a mountain of technical debt that will give us serious headaches down the road.
Super Intelligence and the Limits of LLMs
One of AI’s pioneers, Yann LeCun, has a sharp and valid warning: current LLM technologies may not be stepping stones on the path to Super Intelligence — they may actually be obstacles. LeCun tells his doctoral students bluntly: “Don’t work on LLMs.”
Because current models are only as smart as the data we give them — they haven’t yet reached the level of “learning to learn.” It’s hard to truly call something “intelligent” if it can’t formulate its own mathematical theorems or invent new algorithms.
Conclusion: Creativity Is Still in Human Hands
Repetitive tasks, tedious processes, and anything that can be automated will be swallowed by AI. That’s inevitable. But building the right architecture, maintaining the delicate balance between systems, and above all, adding the layer of creativity — that’s still in human hands. We are no longer laborers who write code; we must become orchestra conductors and system architects who command armies of bots.
AI can scan all the data in the world and present you with the most statistically probable outcome — but can it imagine something that has never existed, in your place?
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