I appreciate the quick cut to calling out how disciplines suffer from lack of community - this point feels right, though calling AI out specifically falls a bit short for me. AI didn't make music clubs fail as businesses during upticks in property values in my city and it didn't move the arts scene to the outskirts when owners tried to cash in on said uptick, or kill the free print things that kept people in the actual physical local community in the loop. But yeah community sufferred.

I'm don't think I'm a booster - I'm personally struggling to keep the value of craft and taste in mind when I read such stuff; I believe those things will remain human-driven. Hopefully we can all agree there is a population out there using Claude or Chat to finish half-started or previously-aborted projects because they now have a (canned) accountability partner, projects that weren't economically feasible, where part of the prototyping thought process a funding picture and Total Addressable Market discussion. They may be super-niche and not sustainable businesses. You could even extend your community-building desires if you chose to.

Why isn't there more idea-maxxing happening, where we come together and workshop what we can actually accomplish for next to nothing timewise, but have some real positive impact? Like nurturing a community of your choice.

This is just me running an OODA loop - I see lots of crap / low-impact to humanity actions taking place. DM me for a virt coffee (see my profile) if you wanna talk some more about this 1:1.

I am super sympathetic with the bleak outlook, but it's not in my nature to stay focused there.