"The cost of intelligence is hyper-deflating faster than Moore's Law; we are moving to a world of intelligence surplus" -Marc Andreessen, Jan 2026 This Q&A article is originally from 2006, published on the blog of Polish developer Jaroslaw "sztywny" Rzeszótko (AKA "Stiff"). That original blog post is no longer online. Gratefully republished with his permission. On a hot, boring afternoon I got an

