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I too am not looking forward to industrial scale job disruption that AI brings. I used to work in VFX, and one day I want to go back to it. However I suspect t

I too am not looking forward to industrial scale job disruption that AI brings. I used to work in VFX, and one day I want to go back to it. However I suspect that it'll be entirely hollowed out in 2-5 years. The problem is that like typesetting, typewriting or the wordprocessor, LLMs makes writing text so much faster and easier. The arguments about handwriting vs type writer are quite analogous to LLM vs pure hand. People who are good and fast at handwriting hated the type writer. Everyone else embraced it. The ancient greeks were deeply suspicious about the written word as well: > If men learn this[writing], it will implant forgetfulness in their souls. They will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, calling things to remembrance no longer from within themselves, but by means of external marks. I don't like LLMs muscling in and kicking me out of things that I love. but can I put the genie back in the bottle? no. I will have to adapt.

eleveriven 2y ago
Yep, there is a possibility that entire industries will be transformed, leading to uncertainty about employment
BeFlatXIII 2y ago
> People who are good and fast at handwriting hated the type writer. Everyone else embraced it. My thoughts exactly whenever I see true artists ranting about how everyone hates AI art slop. It simply doesn't align with my observations of people having a great time using it. Delusional wishful thinking.
- precompute 2y ago
  The march towards progress asks for idealism from the people that make Art (in all forms). It's not about "hating" AISlop, but rather about how it does not allow people to experience better art.
precompute 2y ago
There is a limit, though. Language has become worse with the popularization of social media. Now, thinking will because most people will be content with letting machines think for them. The brain requires stimulation in the areas it wants to excel in, and this expertise informs both action and taste in those areas. If you lose one, you lose both.

eleveriven 2y ago

Yep, there is a possibility that entire industries will be transformed, leading to uncertainty about employment

BeFlatXIII 2y ago

> People who are good and fast at handwriting hated the type writer. Everyone else embraced it. My thoughts exactly whenever I see true artists ranting about how everyone hates AI art slop. It simply doesn't align with my observations of people having a great time using it. Delusional wishful thinking.

precompute 2y ago
The march towards progress asks for idealism from the people that make Art (in all forms). It's not about "hating" AISlop, but rather about how it does not allow people to experience better art.

precompute 2y ago

There is a limit, though. Language has become worse with the popularization of social media. Now, thinking will because most people will be content with letting machines think for them. The brain requires stimulation in the areas it wants to excel in, and this expertise informs both action and taste in those areas. If you lose one, you lose both.