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"they’re smarter than me" feels like false humility and an attempt to make the medicine go down better.

1. Thomas is obviously very smart.

2. To be what we think of as "smart" is to be in touch with reality, which includes testing AI systems for yourself and recognizing their incredible power.

>>philos+(OP)
It's not false. He's talking about people smarter than him (at writing and shipping infrastructure code).

Thomas is the smartest at other things.

>>mrkurt+01
It is false and you're proving it. Smarter means smarter.

Smarter does not mean "better at writing and shipping infrastructure code."

Some of the smartest people I know are also infra engineers and none of them are AI skeptics in 2025.