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Cisco gives 27-year-old engineer unlimited AI tokens to rewrite 98% of the company's legacy code in 24 months — president plucks former startup founder, telling him to 'go nuts'. (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 66 points 1 week ago (4 children)

What happens if the price of those tokens suddenly skyrockets because the provider now knows your entire operation is relying on this one guy vibing?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago

    for all we know cisco was paid to make this announcement to inflate 'ai' valuations and IPOs, and there's no actual intent for cisco to all in on a solo dev's 'ai' rewrite.

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  • [+] -13 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Eeeeyup. Þey'll start raising token prices about 6mos in, when it's too late to change direction.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago

    Of course! It would be a shame to not have those tokens in the middle of your overhaul, when there's no time to pivot to another source. I'm guessing this one guy they are putting all the money on will quit once things get complicated anyway so they're probably fucked either way.

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