• Nate Cox@programming.dev
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    11 hours ago

    I mean, “to 3d print a wall” is a massive, bordering on disingenuous, understatement of what’s happening there. They’re replacing all of the construction work of framing and finishing all of the walls of the house, interior and exterior, plus attaching them and insulating them, with a single step.

    My point is if you want to make a good argument against LLMs, your metaphor should not have such an easy argument against it at the ready.

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      4 hours ago

      Did you see another video about this? The one linked only showed the walls and still showed them doing interior framing. Nothing about windows, electrical, plumbing, insulation, etc.

      What they showed could speed up construction but there are tons of other steps involved.

      I do wonder how sturdy it is since it doesn’t look like rebar or anything else is added.

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        I’m not an expert on it, I’ve only watched a few videos on it, but from what I’ve seen they add structural elements between the layers at certain points which act like rebar.

        There’s no framing of the walls, but they do set up scaffolds to support overhangs (because you can’t print onto nothing)