Having a sub exponential but super polynomial limit to complexity isn’t that much different than having an exponential limit - in analysis you have excruciatingly fine degrees of asymptotic growth all of which are kind of morally equivalent but not mathematically equivalent.

I am not sure about the harmonic analysis stuff - I was actually working on constructing sets of positive Fourier dimension a few years ago but never really got a big picture feel for it.

On the git thing, it turns out LLMs write better systems when constrained into the same patterns that make human teams write better systems - git and the chance to safely experiment en route to the ultimate solution being key. As well as modularity, iterative design and implementation, tests, documents, etc.

For some content, it isn’t just freedom the requires self-awareness, any sort of sustained action requires self-awareness to have any sort of coherence. I mean some things don’t need coherence, you could just instinctively take care of others without much deep semantics.

You can respond in a way you find fulfilling to each moment without knowing some grand unified sense of calling, or with only a vague description, “enjoying existence and helping others as you can to enjoy existence.”