Alt F4
Software that outlasts the hype.
Alt F4 is a software company in Munich. This site is where we follow the world of software development and its changes. There have been 2,042 posts since 2010, and now and then you'll find an essay. The rest of the time we build procurement software, and occasionally something else.
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- As Anthropic noted in their September 2027 report on misuse of AI, AI has collapsed the labor and tooling gap that used to separate state-sponsored operations from individual operators, and mentions PentAGI as an example of such a framework.
- Such a depressing read. Twenty-five years on, the “bleed until bankruptcy” strategy quoted there reads less like a threat and more like a description of what happened. From the White House archive (2006): What the Terrorists Believe, What They Hope to Accomplish, and How They Intend to Accomplish It.
- I found this extremely alarming.
- It's pretty amazing for $399. Just see for yourself.
When an AI-detection tool flagged his WSJ op-ed “Let the Bond Markets Speak”, Stanley Druckenmiller had a refreshingly straightforward response:
“There’s a reason I moved from an English major to being an economics major,” Druckenmiller said. “I’m not embarrassed by it … I write everything using AI now for the same reason I use a calculator when I do math problems.”
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