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type: "commonplace"
title: "ian on X"
description: "Anything you can describe a computer doing can be done by the computer"
author: "Trey Causey"
date: 2026-10-15
slug: "2026-10-15-x-com-hypergameme-status-2110474251623186468"
url: "https://www.treycausey.com/commonplace/2026-10-15-x-com-hypergameme-status-2110474251623186468/"
tags: []
sourceTitle: "ian on X: \"I keep having to explain to people “anything you can describe a computer doing can be done by the computer” and they do not understand.\" / X"
sourceUrl: "https://x.com/hypergameme/status/2110474251623186468"
---

> ian on X: \"I keep having to explain to people “anything you can describe a computer doing can be done by the computer” and they do not understand.\"

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This is very well put and I'm definitely stealing it. One of the biggest "tricks" you can teach people who aren't using AI effectively is to just tell them to ask "can't you do that for me?" to a model when it tells them what they need to do. 

English (or your own language) is the final programming language.

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