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AI models need a virtual machine

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224 points azhenley | 2 comments | 30 Aug 25 13:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.426s | source
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nhod ◴[30 Aug 25 14:42 UTC] No.45075076[source]▶
A million years ago in AI time, AKA yesterday, there was a HN post from John Carmack talking about how Meta wasted a ton of time and money making XROS and how nowadays it doesn’t make any sense to write a new OS [1].

And then this post today which makes a very strong case for it. (Yes, a VM isn’t an entire OS, Yes, it would be lighter weight than a complete OS. Yes, it would be industry-wide. Yes, we’d likely use an existing OS or codebase to start. Yes, nuance.)

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45066395

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1. raincole ◴[30 Aug 25 22:07 UTC] No.45078397[source]▶
Two completely different things. And you knew they're completely unrelated but still forced the comparison for unknown reason...

> And then this post today which makes a very strong case for it

After reading this post I saw nothing making a very strong case for a VM, let alone a new OS. They just want access controls.

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2. conradev ◴[30 Aug 25 22:56 UTC] No.45078725[source]▶
Yes. It’s just access controls. When people advocate for greater separation I remind them that separation is just one part of the cycle:

https://xkcd.com/2044/

We’re in the “connect everything” phase (MCP), and are about to enter into the “wow that’s a mess” phase