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Proof of concept for my essay "Nobody wrote the Matrix"

1 starsTypeScript

Excellusion, a PoC about the future of apps

by riffonio·Mar 2, 2026·1 point·0 comments

AI Analysis

●●SolidBig BrainRabbit HoleWizardry

LLM-powered spreadsheet with no formula parser—pure prediction satisfies the contract.

Strengths
  • Two modes (hybrid + full vision) explore the boundary between computation and prediction cleverly
  • Genuinely challenges what 'computing' means by proving indistinguishability via contract satisfaction
  • Live demo + accompanying essay ('Nobody Wrote the Matrix') ground the philosophical claim in working code
Weaknesses
  • Concept is provocative but the practical applications are unclear beyond the thought experiment itself
  • Latency and cost of LLM calls make this unusable for real spreadsheets; novelty doesn't solve actual problems
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Target Audience

AI researchers, software theorists, experimental developers

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