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In this context, if Google is going to give me the recipe without having to scroll through the story, that seems like a win to me.
The ad-revenue driven Internet of web 2.0 is finally dead and I'm not sure I'm all that sad.
It is especially true in the context of this war when the US is attacking oil infrastructure which is causing catastrophic environmental damage: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/world/middleeast/iran-oil...
Similarly related to the paper straw meme that has been circulating the last while.
This is the thing that keeps me up at night. Tech has allowed a very solid middle class lifestyle for a lot of people. I can't think of another good paying job where someone is self-taught, or went to a 12-month certificate program at their local community college and now has a very good career.
If those jobs disappear, or wage growth is non-existent, I don't know where the next generation will find those jobs.
From my viewpoint it speaks more to a problem of the healthcare system.
I used to scoff at the idea of the AI-bubble (or any recently called-for tech bubble) being like the 90s given the way technology/the internet is now so integrated into our lives, but the way he spelled it out it does seem similar.
On the flip side, any time I'm searching for something programming (FE, JavaScript in my case) it's last resort because an LLM is not giving me the answer I'm looking for.
This is still shocking to me, I really never thought I would replace my reliance on Google with something new.
I'm surprised it got implemented in such a manner.
Oddly having watched PPV events via the high seas for years, it feels normal...
I had a Wanhao Duplicator i3 in 2015 and found it required a lot of tinkering and calibration every time I wanted to use it. I ended up selling it as it was so time consuming to get everything correctly set up that it just killed any interest I had in it.
https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/17/travel/canada-disoriented-pil...
Though I suppose that is a short sighted concern in itself given the way in which we work will begin to evolve quickly as AI becomes more powerful.
In the end, I guess they end up being a positive press story for Google / Open AI / etc.?