DeepSeek Engineer on AI Replacing Its Creators

Alex Getman @alexgetmancom · 14 Sep 2026, 21:29 UTC · Updated 31 Oct 2026, 20:59 UTC

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A DeepSeek engineer who wrote key compute kernels for V4.1 wrote an essay about what happens when AI starts replacing even the people building it, and what kind of future that could lead to.

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10 Sep🚨 DeepSeek V4.1 Flash is out • New architecture: it only uses the part of the model it actually needs, making it faster and cheaper. • New KV cache: long conversations and agent workflows are noticeably cheaper to run. • On coding and agent tasks, it’s already close to Opus 5…

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23 AugTheo made his AI models tier list, so I made mine

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17 Aug🚨 DeepSeek slashed OpenCode Go limits 17x DeepSeek V4 Flash limits dropped from 63,300 to 3,800, while V4 Pro fell from 3,450 to 1,050. This comes as DeepSeek API prices have jumped sharply.

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13 Aug🚨 DeepSeek is not cheap anymore V4 Pro comes with a brutal API price hike. During peak hours cached input jumps 12x, while output gets 4.5x more expensive. The dirt cheap DeepSeek era is over.

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A DeepSeek engineer who wrote key compute kernels for V4.1 wrote an essay about what happens when AI starts replacing even the people building it, and what kind of future that could lead to

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