Something Big is Happening....[AI]

[DCPatriot]

Something Big Is Happening
By Matt Shumer • Feb 9, 2026

excerpt:

I am no longer needed for the actual technical work of my job. I describe what I want built, in plain English, and it just... appears. Not a rough draft I need to fix. The finished thing. I tell the AI what I want, walk away from my computer for four hours, and come back to find the work done. Done well, done better than I would have done it myself, with no corrections needed. A couple of months ago, I was going back and forth with the AI, guiding it, making edits. Now I just describe the outcome and leave.

Let me give you an example so you can understand what this actually looks like in practice. I'll tell the AI: "I want to build this app. Here's what it should do, here's roughly what it should look like. Figure out the user flow, the design, all of it." And it does. It writes tens of thousands of lines of code. Then, and this is the part that would have been unthinkable a year ago, it opens the app itself. It clicks through the buttons. It tests the features. It uses the app the way a person would. If it doesn't like how something looks or feels, it goes back and changes it, on its own. It iterates, like a developer would, fixing and refining until it's satisfied. Only once it has decided the app meets its own standards does it come back to me and say: "It's ready for you to test." And when I test it, it's usually perfect.

I'm not exaggerating. That is what my Monday looked like this week.

But it was the model that was released last week (GPT-5.3 Codex) that shook me the most. It wasn't just executing my instructions. It was making intelligent decisions. It had something that felt, for the first time, like judgment. Like taste. The inexplicable sense of knowing what the right call is that people always said AI would never have. This model has it, or something close enough that the distinction is starting not to matter.

I've always been early to adopt AI tools. But the last few months have shocked me. These new AI models aren't incremental improvements. This is a different thing entirely.

And here's why this matters to you, even if you don't work in tech.

full article at: https://shumer.dev/something-big-is-happening

[DCPatriot]

How fast this is actually moving

Let me make the pace of improvement concrete, because I think this is the part that's hardest to believe if you're not watching it closely.

In 2022, AI couldn't do basic arithmetic reliably. It would confidently tell you that 7 × 8 = 54.

By 2023, it could pass the bar exam.

By 2024, it could write working software and explain graduate-level science.

By late 2025, some of the best engineers in the world said they had handed over most of their coding work to AI.

On February 5th, 2026, new models arrived that made everything before them feel like a different era.


If you haven't tried AI in the last few months, what exists today would be unrecognizable to you.

[bigheadfred]

Well, shit.

[DCPatriot]

Well, shit.

I know....RIGHT?????    So much for, "LEARN TO CODE!!" 

50% of all entry level white collar jobs will be...GONE in less than 2 years.

[libertybele]

I know....RIGHT?????    So much for, "LEARN TO CODE!!" 

50% of all entry level white collar jobs will be...GONE in less than 2 years.

Years ago many jobs were replaced when Gates first introduced Microsoft and the use of computers has become commonplace and as a result other jobs were then created.  With  AI technology, I don't see jobs  being created.  From what I've read AI will even replace doctors and those in the medical field.  Smart watches,  smart  phones, smart robots, etc.

Even doing a search AI -- thinks.  I seldom anymore read past the listings further than what AI says, which is not a good thing, but it is now a habit.

So .... what are people going to do for jobs?  The need for socialism?  Jobs give people a sense of self-worth, the brain and body  need to do some type of work.

Doctors and others in the medical field will be replaced, waitresses, receptionists, concierge, bank tellers, etc. I'm thinking though that it will be highly unlikely that  AI robots will be able to replace cattle ranchers and farmers??

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Can it tell you how many r's are in strawberry yet?

[bigheadfred]

Can it tell you how many r's are in strawberry yet?

More importantly. How many in AAArgh!!!

[DB]

So what differentiates company A verses company B if they use the same AI tools?

Better bring something to the table beyond AI.

[Hoodat]

Doctors and others in the medical field will be replaced, waitresses, receptionists, concierge, bank tellers, etc. I'm thinking though that it will be highly unlikely that  AI robots will be able to replace cattle ranchers and farmers??

Not many people realize yet that the occupation that will land at the top of this list is management.  Once managers begin to figure that out, they’ll be slamming the brakes on AI.

[Free Vulcan]

All I can say is...think Amish.

[libertybele]

All I can say is...think Amish.

 

[libertybele]

I know....RIGHT?????    So much for, "LEARN TO CODE!!" 

50% of all entry level white collar jobs will be...GONE in less than 2 years.

Right about the time Trump's presidency is over...it's going to be a very pivotal time in our history.

Secondly, with jobs gone, those people won't be paying into SS or Medicare....just sayin'.

[catfish1957]

So if I am in the AI operating room having an operation, and the power blips.   What happens?

Last I saw, this damned thing still needs a power cord.

[bigheadfred]

So if I am in the AI operating room having an operation, and the power blips.   What happens?

Last I saw, this damned thing still needs a power cord.

 

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

So if I am in the AI operating room having an operation, and the power blips.   What happens?

Last I saw, this damned thing still needs a power cord.

UPS/Generators kick on? I mean even without AI you need power right? This isn't the 1800's.

[mystery-ak]

Maybe it can design a new website...

[roamer_1]

meh. There will always be meaningful work.

This is just pretext getting y'all ready for the need of universal income.

And in that.. It's bullcrap.

[mountaineer]

More fun AI capabilities:

Nikita Bier
@nikitabier
Prediction: In less than 90 days, all channels that we thought were safe from spam & automation will be so flooded that they will no longer be usable in any functional sense: iMessage, phone calls, Gmail.
And we will have no way to stop it.
12:09 PM · Feb 11, 2026

Dustin Burnham
@ModernDad
My wife calls me, panicked.

The call is from her number, and her voice is unmistakable- that’s my wife.

‘Babe, our son is hurt. He got in a bike wreck. I’m at the emergency room but they won’t take our insurance and I need cash to get him help. Please send me 3000 dollars as soon as you can, he’s really not doing well.’

Me- ‘Wow, that’s scary. Tell me our passphrase and then I’ll send the money.’

Her (it) - ‘What? What passphrase? This is your wife, our son is hurt. Send the money now!!’

Me- ‘I’ll call you back. I don’t believe that this is my wife. If it is, I’m sorry, but we discussed this.’

The number? Spoofed. Easy to do and there’s no way to tell if a phone number is being spoofed aside from hanging up and calling back to confirm.

The voice? AI generated. Easily done. A few seconds of audio is all it takes to create a realistic audio deepfake.

What can you do?

1) Create a family safe word or passphrase. Ours is definitely not ‘Keep Going’ although we considered it. Discuss the passphrase far away from phones or any recording device. This is as analog as possible. Don’t forget that the trigger for the passphrase is just as important as the phrase itself. So instead of asking ‘what’s the safe word?’ have a separate triggering question. For example, you could say ‘I’m eating banana cream pie’ and this would trigger your spouse to respond ‘purple velvet pillows’ if that’s the safe word.

Make it fun, silly, and easy to remember. And DON’T WRITE IT DOWN.

2) Cognitive security is an essential skill in 2026. Assume every image and video you see online is fake until proven otherwise. Expect scams and spammers, and be pleasantly surprised when it’s not.

3) Figure out a backup communication option with people who you absolutely need to be able to reach. Don’t just rely on a phone number for communication. Have redundant, ideally encrypted methods of communication with family.

What did I miss? I think (hope) Nikita is wrong on the timeframe- agentic bots like Claude bot are impressive but not quite ready to flood the phone lines in just 90 days. But I think it’s going to be a huge problem by the end of the year. I already get dozens of increasingly realistic spam calls and texts daily- it’s only going to get more annoying. Have a plan to keep your family and your finances safe!
3:01 PM · Feb 11, 2026

[bigheadfred]

How long will a pass phrase work if you insert out of context word or wording in a conversation?

Another thing. All immigration of any stripe should be stopped. If AI takes all these jobs there will be plenty of people to handle any jobs immigrants typically do.

[bigheadfred]

https://twitter.com/milesdeutscher/status/2021932331460964793

[catfish1957]

UPS/Generators kick on? I mean even without AI you need power right? This isn't the 1800's.

Yeah, but a skilled surgeon will be able reset on the fly based on experience.

An electronic device?  I'd guess it would reset to pre-op. 

[bigheadfred]

Yeah, but a skilled surgeon will be able reset on the fly based on experience.

An electronic device?  I'd guess it would reset to pre-op.

Just pray it doesn't happen during your vasectomy. 

[catfish1957]

Just pray it doesn't happen during your vasectomy.

Or colonoscopy....

 

[DCPatriot]

[catfish1957]

[roamer_1]

[libertybele]

https://twitter.com/milesdeutscher/status/2021932331460964793

AI is already a threat to our society, period.  Not being able to shut it down???  Well, there's your sign!