Tomtunguz iconTomtunguzSep 21, 2026

AI Comes for the If Statement

Machine-native models replace human-facing text generation with zero-token typed execution, cutting inference costs by orders of magnitude for basic programming primitives.

AI Comes for the If Statement

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Machine-native models replace human-facing text generation with zero-token typed execution, cutting inference costs by orders of magnitude for basic programming primitives.

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Machine-native models replace human-facing text generation with zero-token typed execution, cutting inference costs by orders of magnitude for basic programming primitives.

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