tbh it's weird that parts of the tech industry are still shocked by ongoing anti-AI public narratives
when the leaders of OpenAI and Anthropic are like "if we do nothing this is going to suck for a lot of people", what do you think the sentiment is going to be?
The more I use AI tools, the more I have to admit that I'm not that much more productive... I simply FEEL that much more productive.
In reality, the context switching of kicking several things off wipes out my perceived productivity gains. At least in many/most cases!
Noticing the start of a vibe shift in GenAI coding where if the past 6-12 months was the fuck around stage, people are starting to grapple with the find out part.
Online discourse about Dune part 3 reinforces the widening gap between those who consume content deeply, and those who consume content at a surface level
And personalization via AI is only going to make this worse, as generated content will be only deep as someone wants it to be
Two thoughts:
1-This is mind blowing
2-Imagine if you could do this for your whole operating system and the apps in it. Live re-style my OS so all UIs look as if they were made out of steel, wood, glass, cartoon, etc.
Just because why not.
Too many corporate AI demands for their workforce amounts to something like "we require that all drivers drive 120mph down the highway, but safely!"
it feels good to say "please move fast but safely" but just tacking on "safely" doesn't materially reduce the risk of an accident
Some of the heavier-handed GenAI mandates at companies make me scratch my head.
There'd likely be more organic adoption if you simply let results speak. Engineers having higher impact due to AI? Promote/raise comp accordingly.
You can bet that every other eng will take notice!
Cannot wait for teams that build their custom JIRA/Workday replacement/custom CRM to one day turn around and ask:
“Why do we have so much internal software that is buggy / has poor UX + we need to maitain?”
Seen this movie well before AI, when Uber built uChat (custom Slack)
This is absolutely insane 🫠 People are yearning for a LOTR game like this.
We’ve somehow normalized waiting 2 years for 6 episodes of a TV show and a decade for a game sequel.
Imagine getting a new GTA game every year. AI will replace the bottlenecks, not human direction.