DeepSeek engineer relections on RSI - burying my talent to yesterday

A DeepSeek engineer reflects on the rapid advancements in AI, noting that models like DeepSeek v4.1, OpenAI o1, DeepSeek R1, and Kimi K1.5 have achieved real reasoning and agent capabilities in just two years. The engineer, who wrote DeepSeek v4.1's main Attention operator, observes AI's swift improvement in writing and optimizing operators, predicting AI will soon surpass human capabilities. Despite this, the engineer continues to optimize operators, finding joy in the process even while acknowledging the inevitable replacement by AI.

This reflection from a DeepSeek engineer offers a rare first-person account of the emotional impact of AI's rapid progress on those directly contributing to its advancement, unlike typical industry reports.