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We also used to have a middle class consisting of horseshoers, elevator operators, and gas station attendants. Many programmers do little more than glue togeth
by bdcravens 3y ago
We also used to have a middle class consisting of horseshoers, elevator operators, and gas station attendants.
Many programmers do little more than glue together framework code, and make an excellent living doing it. Little sets them apart other than how fast they jump to the framework of the week. There's not a lot of separation from rent-seeking.
What would you do to change the direction of things? Make AI illegal, and hope there aren't companies that will just use it anyways?
- mistrial9 3y agoyeah except serious people in governance and AI science are raising alarm bells.. so "what about the horse carriage drivers" gets pretty thin, like instantly..
- randysalami 3y agoAnd being able to interface with computers. It’s crazy how many people are unable to use a computer efficiently. Don’t take that skill for granted.
- addicted 3y agoWhether we can or cannot do something about is a wholly different question from whether it’s an issue at all. I see so many people basically say “there’s nothing we can do about it therefore there’s no problem at all”. I don’t think this is a coincidence. This is a very deliberate effort by those in the tech space who want to capture and privatize all the benefits for themselves to make it seem like there are no alternatives to the current trajectory of a handful of companies hoarding all the benefits of AI. Once you accept that there are possible problems one can do stuff to address those problems, such as maybe democratizing AI so it benefits anybody and not just a handful of people who happened to be at the right place at the right time. Heck, even if you accept that there isn’t a problem you can still recognizing that the current trajectory may not be a good one.