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Unmotivator2677on "People who don't use AI will be left behind"

We don't think - sounds like the same crowd as the people who think creativity doesn't exist.

Unmotivator2677on "People who don't use AI will be left behind"

Yeah, never had a problem with explaining to AI what I want from it. That doesn't mean AI always follows what I tell it to do ...

Unmotivator2677on "People who don't use AI will be left behind"

That's the thing, any "advancement" you might discover will be integrated into main tools soon enough, I am going to say that in fact, you probably shouldn't even learn them before they are integrated. Helps you filter through all the noise and avoid wasting time on learning something that isn't going to take off.

Unmotivator2677on The AI industry is discovering that the public hates it

As a SWE i absolutely hate gen AI, it produces crappy code and I can't be proud of "my own work". In the past, huge part of the work enjoyment was that I could learn something on the job, or at least be happy to have figured out a hard problem. Now I feel like my skills are slipping overall.

Unmotivator2677on The AI industry is discovering that the public hates it

It wasn't us, this was the plan it Tech oligarchs for a long time now, and they are continuing to do this, no longer even hiding it. Do you know what people on H1B visas and Meta forcing their workers to be spied on have in common? That people on visa have to agree to anything and can't refuse. This is how this tech came about, by forcing people who literally have no other choice.

Unmotivator2677on The West forgot how to make things, now it’s forgetting how to code

I don't know but I will speak:

Cantillon Effect

How much does your bread cost and how much did it cost in the 90s? Where do you think all that value gone? Has bread some what become much better quality or something? Are they lacing it with gold?

They are stealing from your pocket, in many ways than one.

Another point to consider is that musk wealth is on paper only, real value if he wanted to cash out would turn much smaller, it's all hypothetical.

Unmotivator2677on If you stop hiring juniors, your senior engineers own you

I have seen this happen in some companies already. A slightly different scenario, the CEO actually wants to hire new juniors but seniors refuse to train them .

Unmotivator2677on AI should elevate your thinking, not replace it

That why I don't use AI for any personal projects, I like to keep my mind sharp. Unless it's a projects that incorporates AI in some way, but don't use AI to code it. But at work I don't care, I do what I am paid for, if my manager wants me to entirely vibe code using Claude, his choice, I will not be the one paying for technical dept that creates.