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My non technical wife asked ai to brush up the photo for her cv. Ai did that with whatever cli tools were available and what it would write itself. Ai is not

My non technical wife asked ai to brush up the photo for her cv. Ai did that with whatever cli tools were available and what it would write itself. Ai is not a faster horse. It is a phase shift. We won't see a gas station clerk write photoshop because we won't need a photoshop.

squidsoup 2mo ago
The majority of artists abhor AI, this is a particularly bad example.
- mitchdoogle 2mo ago
  Says who?
bossyTeacher 2mo ago
> We won't see a gas station clerk write photoshop because we won't need a photoshop. 100% agree. People are looking at the future through the lenses of the current paradigm just like when people from the past imagined the future (our present) in a way which we now find hilarious. Most of the time, the future doesn't bring developments which improve an action in a scalar way (faster, shorter, stronger, etc) but instead fundamentally change the nature of that action (handwritten letter communication vs video calls) or completely override the need for it (telephone boxes vs mobile phones).
- johnnyanmac 2mo ago
  And the issue here is that this future is bringing fundamental change to the nautre of labor without overriding the need for compensation in order to house and feed the populace. Hence the rejection.
  - pickleRick243 2mo ago
    I notice your two comments straddle the contradiction "It's definitely not happening, but also it's terrible that it is."
    - johnnyanmac 2mo ago
      Where was I saying it's not happening? But if I can clarify my point. It's more that I'm trying to say "Company promises A is happening and B is the necessary consequences to achieve it". I do not believe A is happening but B is occurring despite that, in order to achieve hidden agenda C. Though in this case, C is not that hidden since every other article has them blabbing out loud about "wow it's going to be so amazing when C happens!" here, A = AI is making us more productive than ever B = This will cause impacts on jobs and the economy as a whole as we realign what labor is C = Companies make more money than ever as it works towards eliminating labor on massive (90+%) levels in order to maximize profits and moating the idea of knowledge itself
      - unified101 2mo ago
        If you think A is not happening for a software engineer's role, then you are mistaken. We are all scrambling to figure out what else we need to do (and so are many other roles).
        johnnyanmac 2mo ago
        > If you think A is not happening for a software engineer's role, then you are mistaken. En masse, I argue not. More productivity for engineers would not be met with mass layoffs if engineering production was why value was being added. On the contrary, other industries have had to hire back talent becsuse companies were too aggressive cutting people and needed that work to be done. But I'm not an oracle. I can only speak for what I see today and won't predict tomorrow. Especially in these trying times.
        unified101 2mo ago
        You're reading too widely for a simple point I'm making: what an engineer did in Aug 2025, they can do in a fraction of the time in Aug 2026. Everything else is something else you care about, but producitivty is simply proven for almost every engineer on the above point.
fatata123 2mo ago
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johnnyanmac 2mo ago
Doesn't really answer the question. The relevant question with your example is "where is your wive's new business of brushing up other people's photos?"
- edot 2mo ago
  That’s his point, there isn’t one. You don’t need bespoke software anymore. We’ve got the basics already, all the standards we’d ever need, the agents can figure out how to put them together for whatever thing specific you need.
  - johnnyanmac 2mo ago
    Well I'm not sure if that's a convincing premise, then. If micro libraries customized for the user's needs was all that was needed we wouldn't have most of the net moated out by overly invasive social media. Even if people could find the tools, they won't seek it if a one button solution can come to them. But we can't outcompete Instagram in a prompt, nor some popular app.
    - tossandthrow 2mo ago
      The issue is discoverability. Photoshop has that one magical button that solves all of your issues. But it is hidden behind specialized knowledge and a 10 step deep menu. Agentic solutions just don't have these issues. You give them your image, that's it.
    - joegibbs 2mo ago
      There’s probably already a LibTouchupGl available since 2005, a perfect touchup tool in 83kb, but nobody had heard of it. On the other hand people can just say “ChatGPT do everything” and it can
      - johnnyanmac 2mo ago
        > people can just say “ChatGPT do everything” and it can Yeah, that's the marketing pitch. Much easier to fall into that than really think and approach how you perform a task.
charlieyu1 2mo ago
I'm not sure how happy is a recruiter to see an ai photo in cv. Although they don't read cv themselves these days
- tossandthrow 2mo ago
  I am not sure what you are referring to? A photo with adjusted cropping, background blurring, and contrast etc?
- wildrhythms 2mo ago
  Why are you sending a headshot in your CV?

squidsoup 2mo ago

The majority of artists abhor AI, this is a particularly bad example.

mitchdoogle 2mo ago
Says who?

bossyTeacher 2mo ago

> We won't see a gas station clerk write photoshop because we won't need a photoshop. 100% agree. People are looking at the future through the lenses of the current paradigm just like when people from the past imagined the future (our present) in a way which we now find hilarious. Most of the time, the future doesn't bring developments which improve an action in a scalar way (faster, shorter, stronger, etc) but instead fundamentally change the nature of that action (handwritten letter communication vs video calls) or completely override the need for it (telephone boxes vs mobile phones).

johnnyanmac 2mo ago
And the issue here is that this future is bringing fundamental change to the nautre of labor without overriding the need for compensation in order to house and feed the populace. Hence the rejection.
- pickleRick243 2mo ago
  I notice your two comments straddle the contradiction "It's definitely not happening, but also it's terrible that it is."
  - johnnyanmac 2mo ago
    Where was I saying it's not happening? But if I can clarify my point. It's more that I'm trying to say "Company promises A is happening and B is the necessary consequences to achieve it". I do not believe A is happening but B is occurring despite that, in order to achieve hidden agenda C. Though in this case, C is not that hidden since every other article has them blabbing out loud about "wow it's going to be so amazing when C happens!" here, A = AI is making us more productive than ever B = This will cause impacts on jobs and the economy as a whole as we realign what labor is C = Companies make more money than ever as it works towards eliminating labor on massive (90+%) levels in order to maximize profits and moating the idea of knowledge itself
    - unified101 2mo ago
      If you think A is not happening for a software engineer's role, then you are mistaken. We are all scrambling to figure out what else we need to do (and so are many other roles).
      - johnnyanmac 2mo ago
        > If you think A is not happening for a software engineer's role, then you are mistaken. En masse, I argue not. More productivity for engineers would not be met with mass layoffs if engineering production was why value was being added. On the contrary, other industries have had to hire back talent becsuse companies were too aggressive cutting people and needed that work to be done. But I'm not an oracle. I can only speak for what I see today and won't predict tomorrow. Especially in these trying times.
        unified101 2mo ago
        You're reading too widely for a simple point I'm making: what an engineer did in Aug 2025, they can do in a fraction of the time in Aug 2026. Everything else is something else you care about, but producitivty is simply proven for almost every engineer on the above point.

fatata123 2mo ago

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johnnyanmac 2mo ago

Doesn't really answer the question. The relevant question with your example is "where is your wive's new business of brushing up other people's photos?"

edot 2mo ago
That’s his point, there isn’t one. You don’t need bespoke software anymore. We’ve got the basics already, all the standards we’d ever need, the agents can figure out how to put them together for whatever thing specific you need.
- johnnyanmac 2mo ago
  Well I'm not sure if that's a convincing premise, then. If micro libraries customized for the user's needs was all that was needed we wouldn't have most of the net moated out by overly invasive social media. Even if people could find the tools, they won't seek it if a one button solution can come to them. But we can't outcompete Instagram in a prompt, nor some popular app.
  - tossandthrow 2mo ago
    The issue is discoverability. Photoshop has that one magical button that solves all of your issues. But it is hidden behind specialized knowledge and a 10 step deep menu. Agentic solutions just don't have these issues. You give them your image, that's it.
  - joegibbs 2mo ago
    There’s probably already a LibTouchupGl available since 2005, a perfect touchup tool in 83kb, but nobody had heard of it. On the other hand people can just say “ChatGPT do everything” and it can
    - johnnyanmac 2mo ago
      > people can just say “ChatGPT do everything” and it can Yeah, that's the marketing pitch. Much easier to fall into that than really think and approach how you perform a task.

charlieyu1 2mo ago

I'm not sure how happy is a recruiter to see an ai photo in cv. Although they don't read cv themselves these days

tossandthrow 2mo ago
I am not sure what you are referring to? A photo with adjusted cropping, background blurring, and contrast etc?
wildrhythms 2mo ago
Why are you sending a headshot in your CV?