Objective Functions over Algorithms
Increasingly you don't write the algorithm — you define the goal and let the system iterate toward it.
The shift is from specifying step-by-step procedures to specifying an objective and letting an optimizing or agentic system search for how to satisfy it. It reframes “loops” from a decision cycle into a Darwinian one: variation, selection, iteration toward a better result.
Why it matters: the leverage moves to choosing the right objective and feedback signal. Get those wrong and no amount of iteration saves you; get them right and the system out-designs you.