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Xkcd 1425 (Tasks) turns ten years old today


One of the all-time great XKCDs. It's amazing that "check whether the photo is of a bird" has gone from PhD-level to trivially easy to solve (with a [vision LLM](https://simonwillison.net/tags/vision-llms/), …

Understanding the difference between easy and hard challenges in software development continues to require an enormous depth of experience. Understanding what kind of tasks LLMs can and cannot reliably solve remains incredibly difficult and unintuitive. On top of that, the rise of AI-assisted programming tools means more people than ever are beginning to create their own custom software.

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