IMO that is the whole point of the exercise, to replace determinism and tools with middlemen. In math, 2 + 2 make four no matter who calculates it, in a specific programming language a specific statement always means the same thing, but in this brave new world, you don't use tools and you don't issue commands, you make suggestions and cross your fingers. It all amounts to telling us to leave an island where we can eat and build, in favor of the ocean, where we can be drowned and digested, and all this drama really takes away from the basic fact that there is no right way to eat poison.
I'm not saying these things aren't useful or interesting. But if get told a slot machine is not just a tool, but that actual tools have to go the way of the dodo so we can focus more on getting good at gambling and befriending the dealer, I know something is up. And in that sense, I'm actually pleasantly surprised at how crappy many tech companies are at not letting the mask slip before the victim is actually in the bag. It doesn't seem to make much of a difference, but imagine if they were actually good at this.
I'm not saying these things aren't useful or interesting. But if get told a slot machine is not just a tool, but that actual tools have to go the way of the dodo so we can focus more on getting good at gambling and befriending the dealer, I know something is up. And in that sense, I'm actually pleasantly surprised at how crappy many tech companies are at not letting the mask slip before the victim is actually in the bag. It doesn't seem to make much of a difference, but imagine if they were actually good at this.