

No way rich people are using this shit on their own kids.
Instructor, author, developer. Creator of Beej’s Guides.
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No way rich people are using this shit on their own kids.
I often wonder about the stuff I write, what becomes of it. It’s a little disheartening since I love crafting it for best effect… But especially with computer books for beginners, people prefer to ask AI for the answers instead of studying.
I also just bought 6 sci-fi books from an author I’d never heard of for cheap. I love supporting indy authors, the price was right, and they sold their books directly from the website, no middlemen and no DRM. Perfect.
But was the author real? I actually did a bunch of research to find out their history and all that before pulling the trigger. I really don’t want to read AI stories. But I can see a future where the vast majority don’t care. Imagine an endless episode of Survivor or a soap opera, completely generated 24x7 forever. You know that shit would be massive.
And there might only be a fringe that seeks human-generated content for the humanity of it.
This guy’s argument is that he’s a 10xer because he’s using AI effectively, i.e. just proofreading its output and deleting the comments. (Also, why hire juniors when you can get the same work for $20/mo?)
I think this is a losing strategy unless all senior devs never retire and are immortal. (Or unless GAI happens in which case the world economy will collapse and who cares about strategy.)
It looks like what’s happening is that way fewer companies are willing to invest in juniors now, leading to falling enrollment in university, leading to a shortage of seniors, leading to very high dev pay, leading to increased enrollment. Eventually.
Lol… I wanted “DRM”. But it’s been a long day.