I’m very much surprised but also not. I recently gave Astra a 3D model file and asked Astra to build a viewer for it, and it figured out the data structures in no time. What I mean to say is that AI is insanely good at things that we humans would never do since the work would be too monotonous.

I wouldn’t mind if AI progress would stop right here and now, but I fear it will continue, and increase inequality in society which is contrary to what the CEOs say (as usual).

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dghlsakjg an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I think the latest round of models is about to do to CAD the same thing that has been happening to development. I don't know if CAD designers have picked up on this. What happened to dev is probably going to happen to CAD designers soon. I've been having Opus 5.5 design parametric openscad models, and it can do some rather amazing work.

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curt15 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Was Astra able to disclose its methodology for analyzing the data structures?

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juleiie 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Too much inequality in society is a mortal danger to 1%.

That’s the beauty of the democratic capitalism system. If a government isn’t totalitarian, it naturally seeks to preserve stability thus having to elevate common people, lest they would cease to form a civilized group or simply vote away the politicians.

99% rule the 1% through elections.

There is no better system of checks and balances where opposite engines of greed vector sum to faster and faster abundance for everyone.

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willguest 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

perfect playback! congratulations, you are a model citizen

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TimTheTinker an hour ago | parent [-]

Is HN now against western capitalism? I'm confused...

That comment may have been overly preachy, tone deaf[0], and out of place, but it doesn't seem wrong, per se. Or am I missing something?

[0] e.g. elections themselves are so prone to manipulation (exhibit a: Dominion voting machines), previously trusted institutions now lack integrity, the insane power of well-funded NGO networks, etc.

	▲	mrandish 6 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> Is HN now against western capitalism? I think that's a (very) vocal minority. I think most of the HN community broadly realizes there is no perfect system, just different sets of trade offs, but understands history has shown generally democratic systems built on enlightenment values like uniform rule of law, respect for individual civil & property rights and free markets usually net better overall outcomes in the long-run - despite the fact they are still very far from perfect. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, it's the worst system... except for all the others (which are even worse). :-)
	▲	hnhg an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I would guess it seems very naïve to the overly cynical. And in 2026, being overly cynical is rather mainstream (understandably so).
	▲	BatFastard 42 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I fear western capitalism has lost its guide rails. We are seeing more and more centralization of wealth, along with unlimited election spending. Its a dark path.

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ciefa 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I mean there are more than enough countries on earth kinda proving you wrong, no?

	▲	ciefa 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		(This comment was written before your edit, so no longer valid! :D)

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brador an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

They’ll just start bopping the 99% out the picture until the 1% is 51%.