From If-Else to Omniscience: An Engineer's Guide to ANI, AGI, and ASI

Hey, developers! 👋 If you've been anywhere near a terminal, a tech blog, or a LinkedIn feed in the last two years, you've almost certainly heard the terms AGI and ASI thrown around - often breathlessly, sometimes fearfully, occasionally with the word "imminent" attached. Meanwhile, you're sitting there integrating an LLM API into a side project, wondering: what does any of this actually mean for me right now? I've been building software for over a decade, and I've watched AI go from a niche academic curiosity to the thing every product manager, CEO, and junior de is talking about.