What David Heinemeier Hansson thinks about AGI

@dhh · 747 positions · 10 changes of mind · On ppll ↗

Creator of Ruby on Rails, CTO of 37signals, and creator of Omarchy.

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8 Apr 2026

Our readingThe end state is agents that need none of our accommodations, no on-ramp, CLI or MCP; the CLI being built now is for today, not for AGI.

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Their wordsAnd that seems like the end state. The end state is that agents will not need any of our accommodations. They do not need any on-ramp.

↗DHH’s new way of writing codeyoutube.com 10th of 21 in this recording
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18 Sept 2024

Our readingAI may never reach the promised land: nobody understands how it works, and VR shows a vivid future can simply fail to arrive.

Their wordsit may also not work like we may literally never get to the promised land we don't even understand how the current AI works

↗DHH Is Right About Everythingyoutube.com 9th of 8 in this recording