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You're exactly right, and I still find myself shocked every week by how little people are making use of it. I think part of the reason is the same as another p

You're exactly right, and I still find myself shocked every week by how little people are making use of it. I think part of the reason is the same as another phenomenon I've seen before. Most people don't want to automate their work. In fact, they don't even want to change their behaviour at all. They have tasks which they are 100% confident and comfortable in, and completing them gives them satisfaction. As long as they can do that and keep their job, they will continue in that manner. As a business owner, it makes me want to pull my hair out. There is so damn much wasted time and energy in this world. But I also can't blame them. They're happy, their boss is happy, the company is happy (for now).

gitfan86 3y ago
Yes, I've been surprised by this as well. I expected that an older person who had done the same job for 10 years would be like this. But I'm seeing tech oriented people not want to use it.
- aptenoforst 3y ago
  This whole conversation is either roleplay or made by AI
  - spaceman_2020 3y ago
    yeah man, there are real people roleplaying to get you to sign up for a $20/month openAI subscription. You really caught onto us.
spaceman_2020 3y ago
It legitimately feels like a super power. I run a small D2C brand on the side that's been lagging behind because I need to create fresh creative collateral for it and I've never had to time to get new set of pictures taken. The Midjourney V6 > Magnific pipeline helped me create enough pictures in 3-4 hours of prompting to keep the marketing pipeline filled for the next year. And the quality is so, so good that most of my agency friends say only a handful of people in the state can create anything remotely similar. People will be shocked at the quality of creatives even small brands will be able to put out in the next couple of years. You can have Versace-quality luxury product shots for $20/month in subscriptions.
matsemann 3y ago
> As a business owner, it makes me want to pull my hair out. My thought is that it's long since an employee got rewarded based on output or their work done. They (we) get rewarded for having their butt in their seat for 8 hours a day, no matter how they spend that time. If me using AI tools to do my work more efficiently actually meant that I could go home from work two hours earlier, I would be all over it. If using it however means I need to do more stuff and the owner reaps all the rewards.. I'm not gonna bother.
- willsmith72 3y ago
  > They (we) get rewarded for having their butt in their seat for 8 hours a day, no matter how they spend that time Just depends on where you work. Doesn't part of you want to make the most of your time? Is there nothing more enjoyable or beneficiary you could fill the extra time with, even if it's still "work"? I don't agree you'd be doing "more stuff", it's about getting the same value/productivity out of the same or less input

gitfan86 3y ago

Yes, I've been surprised by this as well. I expected that an older person who had done the same job for 10 years would be like this. But I'm seeing tech oriented people not want to use it.

aptenoforst 3y ago
This whole conversation is either roleplay or made by AI
- spaceman_2020 3y ago
  yeah man, there are real people roleplaying to get you to sign up for a $20/month openAI subscription. You really caught onto us.

spaceman_2020 3y ago

It legitimately feels like a super power. I run a small D2C brand on the side that's been lagging behind because I need to create fresh creative collateral for it and I've never had to time to get new set of pictures taken. The Midjourney V6 > Magnific pipeline helped me create enough pictures in 3-4 hours of prompting to keep the marketing pipeline filled for the next year. And the quality is so, so good that most of my agency friends say only a handful of people in the state can create anything remotely similar. People will be shocked at the quality of creatives even small brands will be able to put out in the next couple of years. You can have Versace-quality luxury product shots for $20/month in subscriptions.

matsemann 3y ago

> As a business owner, it makes me want to pull my hair out. My thought is that it's long since an employee got rewarded based on output or their work done. They (we) get rewarded for having their butt in their seat for 8 hours a day, no matter how they spend that time. If me using AI tools to do my work more efficiently actually meant that I could go home from work two hours earlier, I would be all over it. If using it however means I need to do more stuff and the owner reaps all the rewards.. I'm not gonna bother.

willsmith72 3y ago
> They (we) get rewarded for having their butt in their seat for 8 hours a day, no matter how they spend that time Just depends on where you work. Doesn't part of you want to make the most of your time? Is there nothing more enjoyable or beneficiary you could fill the extra time with, even if it's still "work"? I don't agree you'd be doing "more stuff", it's about getting the same value/productivity out of the same or less input